History of the Republic of Ireland and secular-minded people, urban and rural, middle and working classes. Issues such as divorce, contraception and homosexuality have since become accepted by many and have ceased to be matters of serious political debate. However, legalising abortion remained controversial. Opinion poll evidence on the subject of abortion is mixed. On May 25, 2018 Ireland voted to repeal the ban on abortion. Legislation is expected by the end of the year to allow abortion on demand up to 12 weeks and under restrictions after that. In 2015, Ireland became the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by means of
Radio in the Republic of Ireland commercially in Ireland, and the first attempt to license such since 2002; as well as what will amount to four stations easily receivable in most of Dublin city and county. It is expected these may be the last commercial analogue services to be licensed, as the FM band will be highly saturated in Dublin and the midlands of Ireland. Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) on Ireland's many unused ITU-allocated medium wave frequencies is expected to be the next round of licensing, particularly as some of these allocations are 15 to 20 kHz wide, which is enough for FM-alike quality with the