World’s only LGBTQ+ matchmaking festival expects to attract 1,000 revellers to Clare

 The Inn at Dromoland in County Clare will host The Outing from February 9-11. Picture: Eamon Ward

The world’s only Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transexual and Queer+ (LGBTQ+) matchmaking festival returns to Co Clare this weekend.

Named The Outing, the matchmaking festival is now in its 11th year and expects to attract over 1,000 members of the LGBTQ+ community as well as straight singles from across Ireland and the world.