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Varadkar says Taoiseach should have been told about the planned appointment, but dismisses claims of cronyism
‘Pure joy’: The day Ireland said yes to marriage equality
On the fifth anniversary of the referendum, some of the activists involved revisit that time
Yes Equality campaign photographs donated to National Library
More than 6,000 photographs and videos have been included in the collection
Hundreds gather in ‘anger’ at vigil for Lyra McKee
‘We also gather in celebration of a daughter, sister, lover, journalist, and remarkable human being’
Noel Whelan: The political junkie’s summer survival guide
Brexit books and a documentary on Macron may provide sustenance in the off-season
A history of Ireland in 100 great quotes
From ‘Dress suitably, and buy a revolver’ and 'A terrible beauty' to 'We all partied'
Dublin’s Stephen Cluxton among DCU alumni honoured
Awards also for Yes Equality director Gráinne Healy and journalist Dearbhail McDonald
Ads against same-sex marriage caused distress to LGBTI people
The first study into the negative social and psychological impact of the No campaign in Ireland
New appointments made to boards of State bodies
Bruton announces new members and online system for Student Grants Appeals Board
Breda O’Brien: What wisdom can we glean from the election?
‘Social issues’ do count. All politics is local. People don’t want recovery for the few.
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Politicians behind popular agendas rewarded with electoral pain . . . rather than gain
Una Mullally: #MarRef effect will blindside big parties
It is incredible how no party has capitalised on young people's political involvement in referendum
Same-sex marriage signed into law by Ministers
May referendum ‘reaffirmed the importance of marriage and family for our society’, Fitzgerald says
How the Yes was won: the inside story of the marriage referendum
Weekend Read: Can you campaign without posters? Should well-known gay people be kept out of sight? What will persuade middle-aged men to vote for same-sex marriage? Three Yes Equality insiders explain how they did it, in this extract from their new book
Ireland Says Yes: The Inside Story of How the Vote for Marriage Equality was Won – Book Review
This insightful account shows how uniting, strategic, and effective the campaign was
Team Panti: the making of a queen
Panti, Rory O’Neill’s drag queen, is the subject of a new film. Her persona and what she represents are the result of decades of collaboration
Miriam Lord: Tight-lipped Taoiseach toys with media
Joan Burton expects general election to happen in 2016
Lessons of Irish marriage equality push shared with UK Labour
Gráinne Healy tells Corbyn’s first party conference of referendum campaign
Your serve: the reader replies to The Irish Times Women’s Power List
Readers’ nominations include Micheline Sheehy-Skeffington, Moninne Griffith, Louise Bayliss, Maria Walsh, Emily O’Reilly, Emily Logan, Joanne O’Riordan, Catherine Murphy
The Irish Times Women’s Power List 2015
Woman’s Hour has been publishing a power list of movers and shakers for three years and The Irish Times thought it was high time it did the same.
Dublin explodes with colour as thousands come out for Pride
Organisers say 2015 parade twice as big in wake of same-sex marriage referendum
‘It feels like everyone is gay in Dublin today’
Thousands celebrate Gay Pride just weeks after Ireland voted for same-sex marriage
Listen up: Roísín Ingle on . . . the emotional highs of Equality Day
We stood connected, hearts brimming with gratitude, under blue skies and warm sun
Miriam Lord: ‘The quiet Yes kept its counsel. They spoke when it mattered’
Miriam Lord reports from Dublin Castle where crowds gathered to hear referendum result
Noel Whelan: Exhausting, draining and life changing: the Yes campaign
How the most extensive and effective civic campaign ever seen in Irish politics was built
Working class areas embracing change faster, campaigners claim
In Jobstown, where the Tánaiste faced the wrath of anti-water charges protestors , the Yes margin was reportedly 87%
Catholic priest advises Protestant guidance on referendum
Priest ‘unconvinced by many of arguments offered by both sides’
Yes campaign focuses on ‘get out the vote’ in final three days
Joan Burton urges Yes supporters to seek out undecided friends and family
Yes side says teaching won’t change if marriage vote passes
Campaigners also reject constitutional recognition in case of No in referendum
Yes canvassers claim social class a factor in marriage vote
Working class areas mainly Yes with middle class areas more mixed, say canvassers
Personal route to reach public central to Yes campaign
Stressing their own experiences gets positive response for Yes side
Political support for Garda group urging Yes vote on marriage equality
Former police ombudsman in North Nuala O’Loan criticises GRA for taking stnce
Grandparents on Yes Equality bus take message to country
‘I’m very disappointed with the Pope. I was sure he was going to be on our side’
Yes Equality group plans 40 events nationwide
Umbrella group’s same-sex marriage campaign launched by broadcaster Charlie Bird
Amnesty launches Yes campaign for gay marriage vote
Yes voters cannot be taken for granted, warns former minister Pat Carey
Equality group urging Yes in marriage referendum launched
Vote gives Irish people ‘chance to secure true equality for lesbian and gay people’
Gays, Greens and Fianna Fáil: the civil partnership battle
A new oral history book by the ‘Irish Times’ columnist Una Mullally looks back on the long campaign that led to the upcoming referendum on same-sex marriage. In this extract, key players recall a 2007 battle between the then coalition ‘partners’ over the introduction of civil partnership
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