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People carrying various signs gather outside The Custom House in Dublin, as participants take part in a march through the city calling for the repeal of the 8th amendment to the Irish constitution

FOR decades Britain has provided an escape hatch for Irish women.

There’s a long history of boats and trains releasing the Irish into the anonymous streets of London, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham. 

Irish workers have been travelling across to Britain for centuries.

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