Tag: Ireland
Dáil passes Bill to make it illegal to discriminate against LGBT teachers
The Dáil has passed a Bill that will make it illegal for religious-run schools to discriminate against LGBT teachers over their sexuality.
TCD confers honours on McVerry, Norris and Panti Bliss
Panti Bliss and women and children’s advocate and Holocaust survivor also among recipients.
Jan O’Sullivan, TD, Minister for Education & Skills, joins schools across Ireland in Stand Up! Awareness Week
Today, Monday 23rd November, sees the launch of the 7th Stand Up! week, in St Nessan’s Community College, Limerick, by Jan O’Sullivan, Minister for Education and Skills on behalf of BeLonG To, Ireland’s national organisation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) young people.
Taoiseach delighted as ‘marriage equality becomes a reality’
Same-sex marriages in other countries are recognised under Irish law from Monday.
Law Allowing Discrimination Against Gay Teachers To Be Changed This Week
Laws allowing schools to discriminate against gay teachers are to be changed this week.
100% Increase in Numbers of LGBT Young People and Parents Accessing BeLonG To’s Services since Marriage Equality Referendum
Today (Monday 16th November, 2015), the Minister for Children & Youth Affairs, James Reilly TD visited BeLonG To Youth Services to hear firsthand the impact the Marriage Equality Referendum has had on the lives of LGBT young people & to launch a new eBook ‘BeLonG To YES: Voices from the Marriage Equality Campaign’ by Anna Carey.