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Undaunted by rain, sleet, and cold, upwards of 30,000 pro-life Irish rallied in Dublin to call on the Fine Gael government to keep its promise not to legislate on abortion.<\/p>\n

Although the weather was cold, spirits were warm and bright Saturday evening in Merrion Square. The Unite for Life vigil drew busloads of pro-life demonstrators from all corners of the country. As the crowds grew, performers and speakers – including Mickey Harte, the most respected and successful football coach in Ireland – entertained the audience.<\/p>\n

By 7pm, police confirmed that at least 30,000 demonstrators were present, making it the largest pro-life rally in Irish history. To put that number in perspective, if this rally were held in a country with the population of the United States, it would be the equivalent of 2,000,000 marchers!<\/p>\n

The Irish news media had difficulty ignoring the masses gathered to affirm protection for women and their babies:<\/p>\n

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The Irish government plans to legislate early this year in order to legalize abortion in some circumstances. Organizers hope that the groundswell of pro-life opposition will deter the Fine Gael government from breaking its promise to the Irish people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tells Fine Gael, “Don’t break your promise to the Irish people.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":25795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[1513,1514,19,1443,1515,1516,200,34,1052,1517,1518,1519,902],"yoast_head":"\nLargest pro-life rally in Irish history draws 30,000 - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/largest-pro-life-rally-in-irish-history-draws-30000\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Largest pro-life rally in Irish history draws 30,000 - Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tells Fine Gael, "Don't break your promise to the Irish people."\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/largest-pro-life-rally-in-irish-history-draws-30000\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-20T01:00:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-01-21T14:04:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Vigil4Life.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Josh Craddock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@dreadhelm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Josh Craddock\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/largest-pro-life-rally-in-irish-history-draws-30000\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/largest-pro-life-rally-in-irish-history-draws-30000\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Josh Craddock\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5970391f96aa07bc948d8b407615ea08\"},\"headline\":\"Largest pro-life rally in Irish history draws 30,000\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-20T01:00:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-21T14:04:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/largest-pro-life-rally-in-irish-history-draws-30000\/\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"commentCount\":16,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"#ProLifeIreland\",\"#ProlifePromise\",\"abortion\",\"Dublin\",\"Enda Kenny\",\"Fine Gael\",\"Ireland\",\"Pro-Life\",\"prolife\",\"Rally\",\"Vigil4Life\",\"VigilForLife\",\"Youth Defence\"],\"articleSection\":[\"International\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/largest-pro-life-rally-in-irish-history-draws-30000\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/largest-pro-life-rally-in-irish-history-draws-30000\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/largest-pro-life-rally-in-irish-history-draws-30000\/\",\"name\":\"Largest pro-life rally in Irish history draws 30,000 - 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