Campaign for same-sex marriage takes to the streets

GAY rights’ activists will take to the streets of Dublin today to protest at the Government’s failure to bring forward same-sex marriage legislation.

The event is being organised by lobby group LGBT Noise which represents lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender people. It is seeking a revised civil marriage law which would allow same-sex couples to be recognised in law.

Recently the Dáil voted down a private members’ bill introduced by the Labour Party’s Brendan Howlin which sought to introduce these measures.