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This couple was “humiliated” and asked to leave a Dublin diner — for holding hands
The incident, which occurred on their anniversary, has destroyed their perception of Ireland as a tolerant place.
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St. Patrick’s Day parades proceed amid tension over exclusion of gays
NEW YORK — A weekend of St. Patrick’s Day revelry and tensions over the exclusion of gays in some of the celebrations was culminating Monday in New York, where Guinness beer and the city’s new mayor planned to sit out the world’s largest parade celebrating Irish heritage.
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Gay Irish senator gets nomination to run for Irish presidency
The independent Senator who represents Trinity District in Ireland’s parliament, the Seanad Éireann, garnered the support of the Irish capital city’s town council Tuesday evening to secure his nomination as a presidential candidate, entering a race already occupied by six other candidates.
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Ireland’s openly gay presidential candidate withdraws from race after scandal
Openly gay Senator David Norris announced that he was withdrawing from Ireland’s presidential campaign, after scandal erupted stemming from disclosure of letters he wrote to Israeli judicial authorities, seeking clemency for his former partner who had been convicted of raping a Palestinian teen in 1997.