A drag storytelling event at a Dublin library was cancelled due to degrading comments made online about performers and library staff.

To say primary school teacher Andrew Moffatt has had a surreal few months is probably an understatement. Not long ago he was in Dubai, being entertained by Little Mix, having been shortlisted for the $1m Global Teacher Prize. But since then he’s been forced to defend his award-nominated inclusive teaching on the back of ardent parent protests.

Tens of thousands of people turned out on the streets of the capital to celebrate Dublin Pride.

LGBT Pride is known for beautiful colours and music in the streets, but its roots are in the revolution against oppressive systems, says Ciara Mulcahy.

Almost 200 students from more than 30 different countries have applied to live in Ireland’s first ‘rainbow housing’ initiative, student accommodation specifically for the LGBTQ+ community.

So that’s nearly Thursday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Events have been taking place up and down ‘Pana’ this week and there’s still plenty more to come.

Two of the most wholesome TV shows to grace our screens have made the top 10 most-watched this week on Netflix.

From parallel universes to prison cells- here's some of what you can expect from Netflix this July:

Yaaaaas! JVN has added a second Dublin show.

The Morgan is a breath of fresh air in the tourist trap that is Temple Bar, writes Caroline O’Donoghue.

Ireland’s first ‘Rainbow Housing’ initiative for students who live on campus has been launched at University of Limerick.

Paul Rudd is about to hit the big-time with Ant-Man. But don’t expect him to change, says Molly Young. He’ll always be the most likeable man in Hollywood

Liam Gallagher had his first art exhibition while knocking 80, encouraged by his art activist grandson, Scottee who taught him to write, writes Suzanne Harrington

He’s best known as the master string-puller in Game of Thrones, but Aidan Gillen plays a likeable ex-con in his new film, writes Ed Power

An international media delegation has arrived to explore Ireland as a possible LGBT tourism hotspot.

Gender fluidity is one of a wide range of labels non-binary people now use to describe themselves, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

A NEWSPAPER asserting its human rights is, well, news. 

Emily Dickinson’s house in Amherst, Massachusetts is turned upside down with the arrival of a 17-year-old Irish maid-of-all-works, Ada Concannon, into its scullery in Nuala O’Connor’s novel.

As RuPaul’s Drag Race begins broadcasting on TruTv, Caomhan Keane wonders why the female of the species remains a rarity in drag circles?