President signs Marriage Equality into law

President Michael D Higgins has signed Marriage Equality into law.

President signs Marriage Equality into law
Sat, 29 Aug, 2015 - 20:52

President Michael D Higgins has signed Marriage Equality into law.

It means the Government can now bring forward legislation to allow same sex marriages to take place here.

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