Emotional tributes have been paid to one of the country’s most courageous gay rights campaigners who has died suddenly.

Look at the raft of TDs who are known for their liberal views... who got the chop from the electorate, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fear is a powerful emotion...but another feature of this society is its compassion writes Michael Clifford

Listening to politicians insist that the same-sex marriage referendum is only about the the right of two people who love each other to marry, and that it has nothing to do with children, presumes the electorate is ignorant.

A new poll has cast doubt over the lead of the Yes side in the same-sex marriage referendum.