"It’s always a scorcher, so bring a hat," advised the website — and my Irish friend — as I prepared to travel to Ireland for my first (but their tenth) All Ireland Rally for Life. Alas, this year the weather didn't live up to the billing!
Time for a change, decided the Lord. As people began to gather, the heavens opened. Undeterred, the rally set off through Belfast, led by a colourful double-decker pro-life bus. As marchers waved huge flags and held aloft banners, onlookers seemed largely approving, or neutral, with none of the bafflement that greets pro-life efforts in mainland UK.
