At the Rose of Tralee contest last week, Sydney Rose, Brianna Parkins, called for a referendum on abortion and then appeared on Twitter wearing a ‘Repeal the 8th’ T-shirt.

David Quinn of The Iona Institute appeared on the Pat Kenny Show and the Last Word on Friday to argue that light entertainment shows like the Rose of Tralee should not be turned into platforms for partisan politics. On the Last Word he debated Colm O’Gorman of Amnesty International Ireland.

The Pat Kenny Show item can be heard here and the Last Word debate is here (it begins five minutes in).