David Norris
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Taoiseach tells Pope Francis there must be zero tolerance for those who abuse
- Religion & Beliefs
- August 25, 2018, 13:40
The time has come to build a “new” and “more mature” relationship between the Catholic Church and the Irish State - “a new covenant for the 21st centu(...)

Trump fans, artists and farmers: The people who would be Ireland’s president
- Politics
- August 25, 2018, 06:00
As it gathers momentum, so it gathers participants. The process of nominating candidates for the presidential election has been a background hum to th(...)

Geraldine Kennedy: Papal visits underline Ireland’s progress
- Irish News
- August 18, 2018, 02:00
A different Pope, John Paul II, flew in on an Aer Lingus plane to a different Ireland for the papal visit at the end of September 1979. It lasted thr(...)

Sinn Féin to play anti-establishment card with choice for presidency
- Irish News
- July 14, 2018, 01:00
Sinn Féin’s executive council, the ard chomhairle, meets on Saturday and is expected to decide that the party should select a candidate to run against(...)

There was sustained applause and a standing ovation in the Seanad after the Upper House voted in support of a Bill banning the importation to Ireland (...)

Road Traffic Bill passes through Seanad in an hour after weeks in Dáil
- Politics
- July 10, 2018, 20:45
The controversial Road Traffic Amendment Bill delayed for weeks in the Dáil, has passed the early stage debate in the Seanad in just over an hour. De(...)

Record numbers attend Dublin Pride Parade
- Irish News
- June 30, 2018
A record 60,000 people turned out for the LGBTI+ Dublin Pride Parade on Saturday, about double the previous year’s numbers, organisers said. The even(...)

Oliver Callan: I was a gay Boo Radley in 1980s Monaghan
- People
- June 30, 2018, 05:00
I still remember the first time I heard the word “gay”. It was thousands of moons ago, in the mid-1980s. I was travelling home from school in one of t(...)

Declan Flynn ‘queer-bashing’ murder ‘still very raw’ 36 years on
- Social Affairs
- June 30, 2018, 01:00
Declan Flynn loved music, particularly Elvis Presley. The former Aer Rianta worker had a special bond with his Down syndrome brother Greg and loved br(...)

‘When I left Ireland it was still a criminal offence to be gay’
- Abroad
- June 24, 2018, 14:03
“Happy Pride!” I’ll be hearing the odd greeting a thousand times. People often ask, why do you go? I tell them I march because I can. I am alive for a(...)