Voices from outside the Irish America LGBT community have joined in criticism of the exclusion of lgbts from the New York St. Patricks Day parade which took place yesterday. (Post from Joe My God with great pictures from the Irish Queers protest.) There is a new avenue of criticism this year targetting the local NBC affiliate who […]
Update The Minister’s office confirmed that she will be viewing the Parade today and will meet a group of Irish American LGBT’s on Monday in the Consulate. The people she is meeting are from the St. Pat’s for All parade which takes place in Queens. Those who protest the Manhattan Parade exclusion from Irish Queers have not […]
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A little bit of gay history. In 1977 Dublin City Council withdrew the funding from Project Arts Centre when it staged work by Gay Sweatshop. Peter Sheridan remembers In conjunction with the Irish Gay Rights Movement, we brought the London-based Gay Sweatshop and their acclaimed production of Madame X. Some members of Dublin Corporation became […]
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The Coalition parties had a clash of the ash (Hurling match) this evening in Clanna Gael Fontenoy grounds in Ringsend. Labour beat Fine Gael by 6-8 to 1-2. Junior Minister Alan Kelly played in an all Tipp back line alongside other Oireachtas members and staff. (Pitch side reporting from Ciara Conway and John Lyons.) […]
Presumably made for internal consumption at last weekend’s Ard Fheis, Fianna Fáil have released this short film. It’s called ‘Progress’.
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