Tag Archives: Ireland

IRELAND: Dublin City Council Calls For Removal Of Marriage Equality Mural

Via the Irish Journal: A warning letter has been sent from Dublin City Council calling for the giant same-sex marriage mural in Dublin city centre to be removed. The letter was issued to artist Joe Caslin, he confirmed to TheJournal.ie. Councillor Mannix Flynn told TheJournal.ie that the letter concerns the removal of the black-and-white paper mural over a planning issue, …

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IRELAND: Grammy-Nominated Pop Star Hozier Is “Straight Up” For Marriage

Irish pop star Hozier’s smash single Take Me To Church was nominated for the 2015 Grammy for Song Of The Year. The track, which topped the charts in dozens of countries, reaching #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100, was propelled by its video which depicted a violent gay-bashing. The clip now has 183 million views. Below Hozier explains his support for …

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IRELAND: Kids Say Yes To Marriage

(Tipped by JMG reader Eric)

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IRELAND: Anti-Gay Group Reveals Tactics For Stopping Same-Sex Marriage

A JMG reader writes: The No side’s strategy in Ireland has just been revealed in a video where the Iona [Institute] group’s David Quinn explicitly links the campaign against same sex marriage to the campaign against abortion. The video (below) suggests that if Ireland votes to give uppity gay people equality in May then progressives will be emboldened and by …

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IRELAND: Pro-Marriage Students Will Go For World Record “Big Love” Formation

In a demonstration of the support for same-sex marriage, Irish students will attempt to break the Guinness world record for the largest crowd of humans standing in the shape of a heart. Guinness officials will on hand to film the attempt in Dublin next Saturday. Participants are asked to wear red. Details. (Tipped by JMG reader Gerard)

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IRELAND: Religious Groups Lose Battle To Insert Marriage “Conscience Clause”

Via the Irish Examiner: Taoiseach Enda Kenny has ruled out any potential “conscience clause” being inserted in the referendum on marriage equality, despite claims that no voters may be encouraged to vote yes if the move is allowed. As reported in yesterday’s Irish Examiner, Muslim, Quaker, and Christian groups have sent a petition to Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald for the …

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IRELAND: Sinn Fein Launches Vote Yes Campaign For Same-Sex Marriage

Via the Irish Examiner: Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has today appealed to voters not to try to punish the Government in the same-sex marriage referendum. Deputy Adams was speaking as his party launched their campaign for a Yes vote. They plan to distribute 500,000 leaflets and call to as many doors as possible. The Louth TD said that the …

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New From Ireland’s Yes Campaign

You’ll love this. (Tipped by JMG reader Rob)

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Quote Of The Day – Rory O’Neill

“I don’t believe the polls for a single second because if you dig into them you can see that support is very soft. Most people in Ireland are very fair-minded so if you say to them ‘do you think gay people should be treated as everyone else?’ they will reply ‘yes, of course we do.’ But people in Ireland are …

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IRELAND: Print Shop Makes Confetti From “100% Recycled” Anti-Gay Lies

Watch this. (Tipped by JMG reader Gerard)

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IRELAND: #RingYourGranny Follow-Up

After last month’s #RingYourGranny clip went locally viral to the tune of 144K views, marriage equality activist James Mitchell called his grandmother back to tell her about it. The referendum is on May 22nd.

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IRELAND: #RingYourGranny For Marriage

“I decided to call my Grandmother and ask her to vote yes for Marriage Equality in Ireland this May.”

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IRELAND: Ring Your Granny For Marriage

Clip recap: On May 22nd, Ireland will vote on the Marriage Equality referendum, deciding whether or not same-sex couples can get legally married. In Ireland, and particularly here in Trinity, students and young people are the most likely to vote yes in the referendum. But we typically have the lowest voter turnout. However, it’s still unclear how the older generations …

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IRELAND: JMG Reader Gets His Straight Friends To Pledge “Yes” Vote On Marriage

JMG reader Gerard took part in Ireland’s #VoteWithUs social media campaign by getting his straight friends to pledge their “Yes” votes in the May referendum. Gerard owns the Copper Kettle pub in County Cavan.

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IRELAND: Bishop Says Being Gay Is God’s Mistake, Like Having Down Syndrome

A Catholic bishop in Ireland has a strange argument against same-sex marriage. Via Raw Story: According to [Bishop Kevin] Doran, it was not a “sin” to be gay, as long as people did not “behave” like homosexuals. “What the church asks of people who are homosexual by orientation is exactly the same as what the church asks of people who …

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IRELAND: New Marriage Campaign Launches With Dozens Of Testimonials

From the Independent: A new campaign launched today hopes to persuade people to vote yes in the same sex marriage referendum by showing how lives will be changed if passed. The Vote With Us campaign has enlisted a broad spectrum of public figures and regular citizens both gay and straight who share their own experiences and state why they are …

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Eurovision 2015: Ireland’s Entry

Via the Irish Times: Molly Sterling, a 16-year-old schoolgirl from Nenagh in Co Tipperary, has won Eurosong on the The Late Late Show and will represent Ireland at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna this May. The song, Playing with Numbers, co-written by Greg French, was announced the winner when it topped the scoreboard, which comprises a combination of …

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U2 – Every Breaking Wave

Clip description: From U2’s latest album Songs Of Innocence, the video for ‘Every Breaking Wave’ is directed by Belfast-born Aoife McArdle and drawn from her 13-minute short film of the same name. Set against the social and political turmoil of early 1980s Northern Ireland where McArdle grew up, the film ‘Every Breaking Wave’ is built around themes of emotional abandon …

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Panti Bliss: May 23rd Could Be So Gay That The Earth’s Orbit Is Affected

Drag legend Panti Bliss points out to the Irish Sun that not only will the results of Ireland’s marriage referendum be official on May 23rd, the Eurovision finals are also that day. Panti: “May 23rd has the potential to be so gay that the Earth’s orbit is affected.” Embiggen the image to read the full story.

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Ireland Sets The Date

Via the Guardian: Voters in the Irish Republic will decide whether to approve same-sex marriage on 22 May after the Taoiseach announced the date for a referendum. Enda Kenny announced the date that voters in the republic will cast their ballots during an interview on RTÉ television on Thursday night. He said the referendum would underline Ireland’s reputation as a …

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