Tag: Ireland
Dublin’s planned new ‘Rainbow Walks’ could be in place by next summer
Backers of a plan to place ‘Rainbow Walks’ at a number of Dublin city centre junctions say they hope the project gets the green light in time to mark the first anniversary of the same-sex marriage referendum next May.
Former Minneapolis pastor or a Norwegian reality TV star? Oh, yah, he’s both
David Engen was wandering around Dublin in a jet-lagged haze a couple of weeks ago, seemingly just another American tourist seeing the sights of Europe, when someone stopped him.
Almost two thirds of NI people ‘comfortable with same-sex marriage’, survey suggests
Almost two thirds of people in Northern Ireland would feel comfortable if a family member had a same-sex marriage, a new survey suggests.
Irish presidential commission signs equal marriage act into law
Five months after the widely celebrated referendum, marriage equality has become a reality for same-sex couples in Ireland. The Presidential Commission, in place of President Michael D Higgins who currently visiting the US, signed the Marriage Act 2015 into law Thursday, 29 October 2015.
Ireland : The Marriage Act 2015 has been signed into law
Legislation to give full marriage rights to same sex couples has been signed into law this evening.
Irish Doctor, Lydia Foy Becomes First Transgender Person to Receive EU Award
LGBT activist and long-time campaigner for gender recognition, Dr Lydia Foy has been honoured with European Parliament’s Citizen’s Prize in Brussels.