A POPULAR CORK NIGHTSPOT has been accused of asking a gay couple to leave the premises after they kissed on its dance floor.
A doorman at the Old Oak bar on Oliver Plunkett Street in the city asked a student and his boyfriend to leave the bar late on Friday night, having earlier given them a verbal warning following an earlier kiss.
A 24-year-old man has appeared in court charged with raping a man. The accused, who cannot be named because of reporting restrictions, was arrested in England on Tuesday. The charges relate to incidents which allegedly took place in hotels, a hostel and private addresses in Belfast between January and July of this year.
Openly-gay independent senator David Norris claims he is "confident" about his position in the Irish Presidential race. The news comes after he announced the support of thirteen members of the Oireachtas. He needs twenty to secure a nomination to run for the presidency.
The Irish police, the Gardai, are searching for two man who they believe carried out a vicious and savage gay bashing on a popular and well known media personality and writer.
Irish Senator David Norris, who could have become Ireland and Europe’s first openly gay president, has said the digging up of a nine-year-old interview in which he made controversial remarks about paedophilia is an act of sabotage.
The first gay couple to be granted civil partnership, Barry Dignam and Hugh Walsh, celebrated in style on Tuesday after their ceremony in Dublin, reports Irish Central.
Homophobia widespread in Northern Ireland workplaces, according to a new report
One in four gay people in Northern Ireland have complained about homophobia at work, says survey by Rainbow Project
- Guardian Newspaper reports
The report on homophobia in the workplace in Northern Ireland will be launched at Stormont on Wednesday. Photograph: Samuel Kubani/AFP/Getty Images.
Yesterday Irish senator David Norris launched his bid to become the first gay president of Ireland.
Sweeping political changes in Ireland have seen the country elect it’s first openly gay, TD - which is ‘Teachta Dála’ the Irish parliament equivalent of an MP.
There is fury in the Northern Ireland town of Londonderry, a gay and bisexual sauna which has opened for business in Londonderry is at the centre of a storm of protest from fundamentalist Protestant ministers.
The Cage opened its doors in John Street last Friday but does not yet have planning permission, the Belfast Telegraph has learned.
The churchmen have vowed to “fight tooth and nail” to make sure it does not get the permission it needs to continue operating.
An application has been lodged by the owner for a cafe and sauna, but it is still “under consideration” by the Planning Service and has yet to be brought before Derry City Council for a decision
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For the first time today, gay couples living in Ireland who’ve married or had a civil partnership abroad will be recognised as civil partners from today, by law.
The change is because of Ireland’s new civil partnership laws, which afford gay couples almost all the same rights of marriage.
However, couples who wed in countries where gay marriage is legal will find their unions downgraded to civil partnerships.
Unions from 27 countries & states will now be recognised; 17 of which currently give gay couples the right to marry. Couples will be automatically considered as civil partners and will not need to register.
