VIDEO: Cork LGBT Pride festival finishes spectacularly with parade of thousands

The result of the marriage referendum has had an enormous impact on the sense of security in the LGBT community, former Government Minister, Kathleen Lynch, claimed yesterday as she attended the 11th Cork LGBT Pride parade on the Grand Parade, Cork writes Olivia Kelleher.

Ms Lynch said she remembers early Pride parades which were attended by just 30 to 40 people.