1) Donegal is the most deprived county in Ireland, with the highest unemployment rate and not even a train service to connect us with the capital.
2) Donegal people are forced to live and work elsewhere. Many of our Yes voters cast their vote in Dublin, Galway, etc. where they also canvassed and leafleted for @Together4yes
3) Over 2.5k of our Yes votes in South Donegal were added to the Sligo/Leitrim total because of redrawing of constituency boundaries.
4) Donegal women contributed to the national debate, sharing their harrowing personal stories of fatal foetal abnormality and rape, having had to travel some of the longest journeys to access healthcare.
5) Women won today because of brave movements like the Abortion Rights Campaign @ARCDonegal One of its founding members was the powerful Donegal woman - Cathie Shiels. She is a legend.
6) A lot of canvasses involved going up backroads and boreens. The scenery was beautiful but it took hours to get small numbers covered. Despite this, the team never gave up.
7) Rural campaigners across the country were victimised in their workplaces, churches and wider communities. This was very prevalent in Donegal where we didn't have loads of people wearing a Yes/Ta badge giving moral support.
8) Having voted Yes because you support women, you'll surely spare a thought for the Donegal women hurting at this result, which doesn't reflect their sacrifice and hard work during the local campaign.
9) Before sneering please remember that there are more No voters in Dublin than there are in Donegal. Donegal's 1000s of Yes votes are Ireland's Yes votes. We #RepealedTheEighth too!
10) A final thought - you'll all be raving about us when you are on your summer holidays up in the hills of Donegal at some stage. Mock us now and we will spit in your coffee! Well done to everybody @ARCDonegal @Together4yes
