Cormac Gollogly and Richard Dowling now have a daughter through surrogacy in the US but only one of them can be named as a parent on the birth cert
Marriage Equality referendum a decade on: 10 couples recount how their lives – and Ireland – have changed
July and August have been the most popular months for gay weddings
Notices about the intention to stage a protest at the event had circulated on social media
I miss the optimism and unforgettable beauty of that time, whatever ugliness came before or after
Ireland's same-sex marriage referendum saw overwhelming Yes victory. But has homophobia increased in years since?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Do you still go to Mass? Have you found religion later in life? Has your religious observance lapsed?
Former taoiseach to publish his memoirs next year in a publishing deal reportedly involving a six-figure sum
The senator on living alone, destigmatising homosexuality, and stepping down from politics
I wonder how the people who voted against same-sex marriage feel now
New to the Parish: Njabulo Mnyandu arrived from South Africa in 2019
Hostile attitudes and behaviour still make the lives of LGBT+ youths a misery
Two applications for leave to bring petitions against referendum result due in High Court
Archbishop Eamon Martin says ‘two parallel discussions’ going on
Scenes of joy in Dublin Castle on May 23rd felt like a kind of secular Pentecost
Archbishop Eamon Martin welcomes the raised awareness of issues faced by gay people
It is vital that our young people recognise that this is their moment and that the time for ‘waiting your turn’ is over
Cardinal’s comments better applied to holocaust than Irish referendum
The Yes vote means broadcasters can throw away their stopwatches, for now
Fifty per cent of LGBT young people still consider suicide owing to stigma and homophobic bullying and one in five LGBT pupils avoid school
Comment: If we love equality, Eighth Amendment is first obstacle that needs to go
Secretary of State called result of the Irish referendum a ‘disaster for humanity’
‘However they cloaked their arguments, the thrust of the No campaign was to call into question the full humanity of its opponents’
Schools with different ethos entitled to transmit values dear to them, says Rónán Mullen
‘In terms of the traditional campaign both sides postered heavily in streets and neighbourhoods, but there were differences both in the message and in impact’
Merkel faces dilemma as survey shows 75% of Germans favour marriage equality
Secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin reaction to vote
Fitzgerald ‘very conscious that many couples will want to get married as soon as possible’
However, it will be hard to get younger voters to be enthusiastic about the election
Ecstatic cheers in Blue Note bar for former Fianna Fáil justice minister Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
Will Government act quickly to resolve issues that could have been teased out earlier?
The resources that are spent on a gay marriage referendum would be better used educating the public about homophobia, protecting LGBTQ youth from bullying, and the like
People ‘no longer willing to listen to speeches and sermons on morality from the church’
Miriam Lord reports from Dublin Castle where crowds gathered to hear referendum result
Carnival atmosphere at Dublin Castle ahead of referendum result
Marriage Equality Australia believes result in Ireland gives hope to movement
Ruth O’Farrell on the shame she felt as a gay person growing up in Ireland and her joy at watching the Yes result from New York
Eamon Gilmore said in 2012 that the right of gay couples to marry was the civil rights issue of this generation – Ireland has now agreed
LGBT community has given all of Irish democracy one of its greatest days
Fiach Kelly, Michael O’Regan and Sarah Bardon look at what credit is due to the political establishment
Comment: Homosexual activity is still illegal in almost 80 countries
How the most extensive and effective civic campaign ever seen in Irish politics was built
‘Ireland triumphs: the country has said, Goodbye Catholic guilt, hello Celtic grá’
Former tánaiste Eamon Gilmore first to put issue on agenda
Divorce, abortion, joining the EU, changing the electoral system had more voters
‘There is no call for that type of stuff,’ says local TD Michael Fitzmaurice
Irish people have woken up in a kinder, more accepting Ireland
Singer Miley Cyrus tweets her support for the result as actor Russell Crowe calls Ireland ‘amazing’
Taoiseach Enda Kenny hails outcome as ‘pioneering leadership’ from Ireland
UN secretary-general awarded Tipperary International Peace Award
I am immensely grateful to my heterosexual fellow citizens who went out of their way to vote Yes
Former tánaiste describes strong Yes vote as ‘a national act of inclusion’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
