Editing Cillian Murphy (section)

==Activism==
Murphy participated in the 2007 [[Rock the Vote]] Ireland campaign, targeting young voters for the general election,<ref name="Declan Cashin Independent">{{cite news|author=Cashin, Declan|url=http://declancashin.com/2007/04/reluctant-hero/|title=Reluctant Hero |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=6 April 2007 |access-date=15 May 2012 |archive-date=9 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309152749/http://declancashin.com/2007/04/reluctant-hero/}}</ref> and campaigning for the rights of the [[homeless]] with the organisation [[Focus Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Cunningham, Grainne|title=Plea From ''Playboy'' Star Puts Problems of Young Homeless People Into the Spotlight|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=24 February 2004}}</ref> In 2011, he became a patron of the [[UNESCO]] Child and Family Research Centre at the [[NUI Galway|National University of Ireland Galway]]. He is closely associated with the work of Professor Pat Dolan, Director of UCFRC and UNESCO Chair in Children, Youth and Civic Engagement. In February 2012, he wrote a message of support to the former [[Vita Cortex sit-in|Vita Cortex workers]] involved in a sit-in at their plant, congratulating them for "highlighting [what] is hugely important to us all as a nation".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/hollywood-star-cillian-murphy-joins-list-of-celebs-supporting-vita-cortex-workers-26824742.html|title=Hollywood star Cillian Murphy joins list of celebs supporting Vita Cortex workers|date=23 February 2012|access-date=23 February 2012|work=Irish Independent|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017135005/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/hollywood-star-cillian-murphy-joins-list-of-celebs-supporting-vita-cortex-workers-26824742.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cillian-murphy-supports-vita-cortex-workers-184976.html|title=Cillian Murphy supports Vita Cortex workers|date=24 February 2012|access-date=24 February 2012|work=Irish Examiner|publisher=Thomas Crosbie Holdings|archive-date=26 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226002236/http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cillian-murphy-supports-vita-cortex-workers-184976.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Murphy was a supporter of the [[Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|2018 Irish referendum]] to repeal [[Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|the eighth amendment of the constitution]] that restricted access to abortions, appearing on ''[[The Blindboy Podcast]]'' to urge men to support women and vote in favour of the referendum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Drohan |first=Freya |date=7 May 2018 |title=Together for Yes: Saoirse Ronan, Cillian Murphy support Ireland's abortion referendum |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/saoirse-ronan-cillian-murphy-abortion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529082615/https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/saoirse-ronan-cillian-murphy-abortion |archive-date=29 May 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website=IrishCentral |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McDonald |first=Henry |date=15 September 2015 |title=Irish stars call for abortion reform |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/15/irish-stars-call-for-abortion-reform |url-status=live |access-date=26 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605003000/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/15/irish-stars-call-for-abortion-reform |archive-date=5 June 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheila |first=Langan |date=26 April 2018 |title=Cillian Murphy urges men to vote in Ireland's abortion referendum |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/cillian-murphy-abortion-referendum |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718161126/https://www.irishcentral.com/news/cillian-murphy-abortion-referendum |archive-date=18 July 2023 |access-date=26 July 2023 |website=IrishCentral |language=en}}</ref><ref name="The Blindboy Podcast">{{cite web |url=https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/brollytonsils |title=Brolly Tonsils: Cillian Murphy Interview, Repeal the 8th |newspaper=[[The Blindboy Podcast]]. |date=2 May 2018 |access-date=21 November 2023 |archive-date=21 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121113625/https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/brollytonsils |url-status=live }}</ref>