Taoiseach tells technology leaders to vote yes on marriage equality - for business

The Taoiseach has urged tech leaders to vote Yes to same sex marriage - for business and for Ireland.

Enda Kenny joined over 150 technology industry members in Dublin this morning to discuss the impact a Yes vote in next month's referendum would have on business.

Figures like Twitter Ireland MD Stephen McIntyre said Ireland's reputation abroad as a "forward thinking" hub for foreign investment would be damaged by voting No.

The Taoiseach said the status quo is locking gay people out of an institution open to everyone else.

"If you are a gay or lesbian person in this country, you could never give your family, as we say in Ireland, 'the day out'," he said.

"Coming out kept you out - you were locked out - of an institution that welcomes your parents, your siblings, and your friends."