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Ireland 2012

It’s time for Ireland to follow Obama on gay marriage

“I think same-sex couples should be able to get married” – these ten simple words spoken by US President Barack Obama last Wednesday have reverberated around the world and provided a watershed moment in the evolution of c...


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Bristol Palin Slams Obama for Supporting Gay Marriage & Takes a Shot at ‘Glee’

President Barack Obama’s vocal support of gay marriage has elicited a variety of responses. On the side of opposition, there is Bristol Palin, 21, who took to her blog Thursday to express her disapproval with the Presiden...



Ireland 2012

Church of Ireland Synod resolution on same-sex relationships unacceptable

As Church of Ireland members, who are lesbian, gay or bisexual, we were not consulted as the Bishop of Down and Dromore and Archbishop of Dublin drafted the resolutions on sexuality before General Synod this week, which stigmat...


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Catholic schools could be breaking law over gay marriage, warns minister

Roman Catholic schools have been officially warned that they could be breaking the law by encouraging pupils to oppose gay marriage.



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Blue murder: the priest, a stolen laptop and gay porn

As the parents and children of the sleepy northern village of Pomeroy gather yesterday for this year’s First Holy Communion ceremony, they will be doing so without local priest Fr Martin McVeigh.


Gay Ireland

There is no place for fear or prejudice over same-sex marriages

The virulent opposition to same-sex marriage, when one strips away all of the extraneous religious ideology, is, at its core, a battle to protect the last bastion of legitimised discrimination.



Fine Gael

Fine Gael’s first gay TD seeks end to homosexual teachers law

The first Fine Gael TD to come out as gay declared yesterday that he wanted to see the law discriminating against homosexual teachers abolished.


Fine Gael

Jerry is the third TD to come out and say I’m gay

Fine Gael has welcomed its first openly-gay TD, as the party unveils a new gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender group.



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Breivik trial: Norwegians rally around peace song

Some 40,000 people have gathered on an Oslo square to sing a popular peace song which mass killer Anders Behring Breivik condemned at his trial.


Gay Ireland

Promising numbers point to reviving tourist industry

Ireland has long relied on tourism to bring in the coin when the economy is bad, and now it was revealed that the numbers visiting the island are, thankfully, on the up.