Tag: Galway
Merlin College in Galway accredited as a safe space for LGBTQ+ students
Merlin College has joined 12 other schools nationwide in being accredited by Belong To as a Safe & Supportive School for LGBTQ+ students.
Brendan Murray – Dying to try (Ireland Eurovision 2017)
Brendan Murray will represent Ireland in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Dying to Try.
Irish LGBT Helpline to Run Volunteer Recruitment Campaign at National Ploughing Championships
The LGBT Helpline – the national support service for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people – will run a volunteer recruitment campaign at the National Ploughing Championships, which take place in Ratheniska, Co. Laois, this week (22nd to 24th September).
NUI Galway students raise over €6,000 to end homophobia
Students from NUI Galway have raised over €6,000 in aid of BeLonG To Youth Services, Ireland’s national organisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual & trans young people. Over the last academic year (Sept 14’ – Jun 15’) the Students Union and multiple Student led Clubs & Societies ran fundraising events in aid of BeLonG To including a Sponsored Climb of Croagh Patrick with the NUIG Mountaineering Club.
Bishop Martin Drennan of Galway still hasn’t met LGBT
The Bishop Martin Drennan of Galway has not yet met with representatives of the lesbian and gay community after he criticised their ‘morally wrong’ behaviour.
Flannery calls on Bishop to make donation to LGBT centre to make up for ‘disgraceful’ comments
Fine Gael Councillor for Galway West Pearce Flannery has come out strongly in support of the call for the provision of a LGBT resource centre in Galway.