UPDATE at 11am: Cian has since apologised and deleted the tweet which provoked criticism from Repeal the 8th campaigners, saying he didn't understand the significance of the blue wall.

Once again, social media was awash with images of 12th of July bonfires adorned with the flags of the Republic, Gay Pride, Palestine, together with election banners of non-unionist parties.

A complaint of imbalance about a same-sex marriage discussion presented on RTÉ radio by comedian Brendan O’Carroll has been rejected by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

SUNNY DAYS, a World Cup, Gay Pride, and Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie have come together to melt the national mood. Nothing much — let alone anything fundamental — has changed, but the public spirit has lightened a little, for now.

A man who went into liver failure after he took a paracetamol overdose told doctors he did not want to die, an inquest heard.

Thousands of people are set to march through Dublin this afternoon in the Gay Pride parade.

Four footballers were cleared today of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room.

Serbian police have banned a Gay Pride march in capital Belgrade – citing security concerns but also complying with a request from the Christian Orthodox church.

The global campaign to free Pussy Riot is gaining speed: Supporters of the punk provocateur band mobilise this week in at least a dozen cities worldwide to hold simultaneous demonstrations an hour before a Russian court rules on whether its members will be sent to prison.

TODAY may be July 12 but the only Orange march in the Republic has already taken place — and the organisation aims to open lodges as far south as Bandon in west Cork.

George Michael is to have his own tribute episode on ‘Glee’, it has been announced.

The success of today’s Gay Pride parade in Belfast has been hailed as a call for a more tolerant and equal society in the North.

Belfast's annual Gay Pride parade is taking place later today amid ongoing controversy over anti-gay remarks by DUP MP Iris Robinson.

Up to 10,000 people will take part in the Gay Pride parade through Dublin city today.

THE organisers of the country’s longest running Gay Pride event will have to deliver their own opening night speeches after failing to find a politician willing to do the honours.

THOUSANDS took to the streets of Dublin over the weekend to mark the city’s Gay Pride celebrations.

Thousands of people are expected to take part in Gay Pride celebrations taking place in Dublin later today.

THE country was spoilt for choice when it came to festival fun over the Bank Holiday weekend — and for once the weather didn’t spoil the mood.

LIKE drones they buzzed about Hyde Park yesterday, a myriad of footmen setting the scene for a global chorus of rich and poor singing for one day from the same hymn sheet.

More than 5,000 people are expected to take part in a Gay Pride celebration through the centre of Dublin today.

A student in the US has won the right to wear a T-shirt saying he's straight.