Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott claims he was head-butted by a gay rights advocate while walking in the street.

Gay rights advocates have argued in Australia's highest court that the government does not have the power to bypass parliament to pay for a US$122m public survey on whether gay marriage should be legalised.

Hundreds have gathered in the courtyard of Dublin Castle today to mark the first anniversary of the passing of the Marriage Equality Referendum.

A total of 412 same-sex couples have married in Ireland since the Marriage Equality referendum was passed last year.

On May 22, 2015, Ireland became the first country in the world to say yes to same-sex marriage, voting by 62.1% to change the constitution. Clodagh Finn asks five people how their lives have changed.

The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has found that RTÉ broadcaster Ray D’Arcy did not breach its code of fairness, objectivity, and impartiality when he welcomed the passing of the marriage equality referendum on-air last summer.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin has hit out at a party councillor who claimed lesbian couples who have babies are "gross", saying the views are "unacceptable, completely" and do not represent the party.

Two men who played a leading role in campaigning for the marriage equality referendum are among the bookies’ favourites to win the upcoming Cork Person of the Year award.

Irish wedding planners are getting calls from gay couples in the States, Slovenia, Germany and England, says Caomhan Keane as they want to get married in the first country to vote for

A same-sex couple whose dream wedding was delayed 24 hours by red tape has tied the knot.

It was meant to be the best day of their lives — but a last-minute legal issue meant it ended in heartbreak.

Laws allowing schools to discriminate against gay teachers are to be changed this week.

The present Government’s attempt to define the coming together of two adults of the same sex with the intention of living together for the purposes of sexual activity as “marriage” is flawed an injurious to the Constitutional meaning of the family for at least the following reasons:

THE lives of Irish women today would be utterly unrecognisable to the women who marked the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising almost 50 years ago.

The Marriage Act 2015 has been signed into law, and the move has been praised across the globe.

The Marriage Bill is to pass through the final stages of the Houses of the Oireachtas today.

Laws on same-sex marriage are due to be debated this week when the Dáil returns from summer break.

The chief justice has issued a stern warning to organs of the State for rushing ahead with the marriage equality referendum result before the matter had been decided by the Supreme Court.

The first same-sex civil marriages should take place by November after the Cabinet approved legislation enabling the reform.

The Supreme Court has today rejected the final leave to appeal over the result of the Marriage Equality referendum.

Same-sex couples could be able to marry in just a number of weeks with the Cabinet set to discuss legislation this week to give effect to the referendum.

Ireland’s historic marriage equality referendum decision has been officially ratified by President Michael D Higgins, bringing legislation allowing same sex marriages one step closer to finalisation.

President Michael D Higgins has signed Marriage Equality into law.

The proportion of people who think that Ireland is a leader in Europe on human rights and equality rose by 15 percentage points after the Marriage Equality referendum in May.

A senior civil servant predicted chaos in the system if Church leaders followed through on a threat to stop registering marriages after the marriage equality referendum passed.

Two legal challenges to the outcome of the marriage referendum are to be heard by the Court of Appeal at the end of next month.

Aer Lingus Regional has said that the Marriage Equality Referendum has led to a boost in the numbers of passengers it carried last month.

The Dublin LGBTQ Pride Parade will get underway in the city this afternoon.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the country.

Two same-sex couples seeking to overturn a ban on gay marriage in Northern Ireland have welcomed a judicial decision to let their case proceed.

Two couples will go to court in the North today to mount a legal challenge against the country’s ban on gay marriage.

And it's thanks to the 'Harry Potter' author.

Now that the euphoria, and disappointment for some, of the same-sex marriage referendum has died down, I would like to make a few observations.

I rejoiced in the knowledge that everyone is equal in our land, in regards to loving a person regardless of their gender.

Two men have been refused permission by the High Court to bring petitions challenging the result of last month’s marriage equality referendum.

The President of the High Court has refused to grant leave to two men trying to challenge the outcome of the Marriage Equality Referendum.

The High Court will be asked later today for leave to challenge the result of the marriage referendum.

With the marriage equality referendum passed so opens a whole new niche for the wedding industry.