Ireland votes 'yes' to change abortion laws

Ireland has voted by a landslide to liberalise its highly restrictive abortion laws in a referendum that its prime minister called the culmination of a "quiet revolution". Voters were estimated to have backed the change by more than two to one. Tearful campaigners and women of all ages embraced as Ireland announced it had voted by a landslide to liberalise its highly restrictive abortion laws.

Yes campaigners in Ireland Source: AAP Niall Carson