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Get with the Valentine’s craic at Ireland’s top LGBTQ+ festival!

OutNewsGlobal11th October 202112th October 2021

Events / Features

The Outing Festival, the premier LGBTQ+ festival in all Ireland, is back bigger and better than ever before and ready to welcome you.

Ireland unites to push for conversion therapy ban.

Damian Kerlin9th September 20219th September 2021

Features / Health

Leading LGBTQ+ organisations, LGBT Ireland and The Rainbow Project, are joining in a cross-border partnership for an all-island conversion therapy ban.

OPINION: Why Ireland’s pro-gay Eurovision song is so deeply irritating

Andy West21st March 201821st March 2018

Features

Let’s skip over the fact that it sounds auto-tuned from the very first lyric and I’m not going to mention THAT haircut. I’ll overlook the vapid lyrics which twist every drop of aquatic metaphorical slop out of the songwriter’s cliche bible (foreword by Ed Sheeran.) I’ll even forego criticism of the […]

Ireland lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood

Newsdesk18th January 201717th January 2017

News / World

New policy comes into immediate effect if criteria met.

Ireland – significant depression in young LGBT community

Newsdesk22nd March 201622nd March 2016

News / World

According to a new report, a significant number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Ireland aged 25 and under experience severe stress, anxiety and depression. Compared to the wider teen population, the results show that over half of LGBT teenagers surveyed aged 14 to 18 had self-harmed and a […]

homophobic comments about primary school child

Teacher Awarded Compensation After Homophobic Comments About Her Gay Son

Newsdesk5th January 2016

News / UK

A teacher at an Irish primary school has been awarded compensation after her employer made homophobic comments about her gay son.

‘Gay Attack’ Ad Not Commissioned by Labour

Newsdesk4th January 20164th January 2016

News / Politics / UK

It’s claimed that an Irish Labour party advert showing Sinn Féin leader, Gerry Adams, and Fianna Fail leader, Micheal Martin, photoshopped as a gay couple was “drafted but not actually commissioned”, said a Labour party spokesperson.