Tag: Ireland
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Ireland to Eurosong final Saturday
Jedward won the final- ticket tonight to Eurosong 2012 final this Saturday, with Ireland’s entry Waterline.
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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 civil rights for lesbians and gay men.
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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..
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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.
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9th International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival
The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, now in it’s 9th year, will from the 7th – 20th of May host 147 performances, by 83 performers in 22 new plays and 16 free events, over 14 days, in 8 Dublin venues, from 7 countries, in two new weekly programmes.
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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.