Ireland now only EU State not to let transsexuals get married

IRELAND is now the only EU country not to recognise the right of transsexuals to marry following a European Court ruling that British law must permit any such future unions.

Transsexual Christine Goodwin yesterday won a landmark legal battle for the right to be recognised as a woman and to marry under British law.

Miss Goodwin, a former bus driver, took her fight to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and a panel of judges found in her favour.