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Tributes paid after death of Mary McGee, who helped end Ireland’s ban on contraception

Mother-of-four brought legal case against government after customs seized her contraceptives package from UKTributes have poured in from across Ireland after the death of Mary McGee, a woman credited with sparking a “social revolution” that paved the way for the legalisation of contraceptives in the country.McGee, who went by the name May, and her husband, Seamus, hit the headlines in 1972 after the couple lodged a landmark legal challenge against a decades-old law that banned the sale or import of contraceptives in Ireland. Continue reading...

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