Last week I received an invitation from John Gormley‘s office to attend a consultation that the Green Party was holding to discuss forthcoming developments in the legislation for Civil Partnerships for same sex couples. Readers of MP will know I have been vocal on the issue of the Green Party policy in government regarding same […]
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The matter of same-sex partnerships came up for discussion in Seanad Eireann yesterday. David Norris was hurting like lots of other lesbians and gay men and he wasn’t afraid to let people know. Senator David Norris: The principal point I wish to raise is the question of what occurred in the Dáil yesterday and its […]
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Updates to this post can be found here and here Ciaran Cuffe – is this what doing a deal with the devil is all about? Today on Lunchtime on Newstalk you were laying out the various reasons why it might not be the right time to vote in favour of redebating the Labour Party’s Civil […]
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There’s a closeted gay TD story doing the rounds – well the rounds of national and provincial journalists who have nowt better to do with their time. This stuff is very 1990’s and can’t have any impact as there has been nothing with regards to voting for anyone elected recently to be hypocritical about – […]
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On Saturday in Dublin, Christine Quinn, the Speaker of New York City Council, (and out lesbian) marched in Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade with her father and her partner. On Saturday in New York, the group Irish Queers protested for the 16th year of the exclusion of Irish lesbians and gay men from the St. […]
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