Conchita Wurst
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LGBT talent strikes wrong Eurovision note in Turkey
- Europe
- August 9, 2018, 18:17
Turkey’s boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest for including gay and transgender performers such as bearded Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst was cr(...)

Eurovision’s political scandals – From Franco to Syrian flags
- Music
- April 5, 2017, 14:35
Ukraine might be barred from the Eurovision if they proceed to ban Russian competitor Yulia Samoylova from performing. They’re doing so because she en(...)

Lost in grandeur with Jean-Paul Gaultier in `The One'
- Life & Style
- October 29, 2016, 00:00
Berlin is a city of ghosts and nowhere is the German capital more haunted than the Friedrichstrasse. Running north to south through Berlin’s historic(...)

Eurovision: Sweden and Russia the ones to beat
- Music
- May 22, 2015, 18:53
By 8pm tomorrow, the results of the same-sex marriage referendum will almost surely be known, and the country will be wrung out and in the need of a l(...)

All eyes on Russia in first Eurovision semi-final
- Music
- May 19, 2015
All eyes and ears will be on the Russian entry in Tuesday night’s first semi-final of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. After last year’s Russian act (...)

Singing on the stage of the Wiener Staatsoper, one of the world’s great opera houses, is an honour that could crown a career. On Saturday, for 17-year(...)

Gay-themed traffic lights get Vienna into mood for song
- Social Affairs
- May 13, 2015, 18:23
Gay-themed traffic lights are, apparently, getting Vienna into the mood for the annual Eurovision Song Contest, one of the world’s most popular kitsch(...)

Finnish punk band with learning difficulties set sights on Eurovision
- Music
- February 28, 2015, 16:31
After a transgender diva and a bearded drag act, a group of middle-aged punk rockers with learning disabilities could be the next performers to cha(...)

Cora Sherlock named one of BBC’s 100 Women of 2014
- World
- October 28, 2014, 20:12
Dublin solicitor and deputy chairwoman of the Pro Life Campaign Cora Sherlock has been named one of this year’s 100 Women by the BBC.The list includes(...)

Dublin Gay Pride parade welcomes 40,000
- Irish News
- June 28, 2014, 01:00
About 40,000 people are taking to the streets for the Dublin Pride parade today, an annual event marked by colour and costumes but one which has nev(...)