Category: Ireland
Irish school ordered to compensate teacher who was harassed because her son is gay
St Paul’s National School in Collooney, Co. Sligo has been ordered to compensate a resource teacher after the Equality Tribunal found that the woman had been harassed on religious grounds and discriminated against because her son was gay.
Labour criticised after leaked draft ad shows Gerry Adams and Micheál Martin as married couple
The Irish Labour Party has reportedly drafted an election ad that shows Gerry Adams and Micheál Martin as a gay couple.
TCD confers honours on McVerry, Norris and Panti Bliss
Panti Bliss and women and children’s advocate and Holocaust survivor also among recipients.
BeLonG To announces appointment of new Executive Director
BeLonG To, the Irish national organisation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people, has today (24.11.2015) announced the appointment of Moninne Griffith to the role of Executive Director.
Council’s new logo took 26 months and cost €2,000 but links to LGBT support network instead of council
Wexford County Council has been left embarrassed when a QR code issued alongside its brand new corporate logo provided a link to a support site for members of the homosexual and transgender community in Wexford, rather than the Wexford County Council homepage.
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.