Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin made a surprise announcement on Thursday that he would vote in favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment. His decision to support the proposal to legalise abortion on request in the early months of pregnancy, and in specific circumstances thereafter, has "earned him plaudits from repeal campaigners but stunned members of his party", Sarah Bardon and Pat Leahy report.

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