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Fergal O’Donnell relishing link up with Kevin McStay in Roscommon role

Fergal O’Donnell relishing link up with Kevin McStay in Roscommon role

Former Roscommon captain and manager Fergal O’Donnell admits he is delighted to be taking charge of his native county with Kevin McStay.

Tue, 06 Oct, 2015

People’s Republic can shine with Cork Pride

People’s Republic can shine with Cork Pride

 Driving through Cork city on my way to a yoga studio, there are big colourful signs everywhere. Cork Pride 2017. Wow.

Mon, 31 Jul, 2017

Death follows the love that dares to txt a name

Death follows the love that dares to txt a name

Love in the digital age means you can whisper sweet nothings via text, tweet, Facebook, email, or any of the dozen digital methods of communication colonised by teenagers.

Mon, 20 Jan, 2014

Gay cowboy film likely to upset conservative US

Sense And Sensibility director Ang Lee has risked the wrath of right-wing America with his latest film unveiled at the Venice Film Festival today - Brokeback Mountain, the story of cowboys in love.

Fri, 02 Sep, 2005

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

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

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

Wed, 07 Feb, 2024

<p>Bambie Thug from Macroom, Co Cork, is Ireland's representative at Eurovision 2024. Picture: Lily Lytton</p>

Bambie Thug responds to calls for Ireland to boycott Eurovision over Israel

Bambie Thug and eight other Eurovision entrants released a statement about Israel’s place in the contest

Fri, 29 Mar, 2024

People hold a rainbow flag as they attend the 45th Berlin Pride Parade for Christopher Street Day (CSD) in Berlin (Fabian Sommer/AP)

German parliament votes to make it easier for people to change name and gender

The German parliament has approved legislation that will make it easier for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to change their name and gender in official records.

Fri, 12 Apr, 2024

<p>Grindr was founded in 2009 to make it easier to coordinate hookups for gay men. </p>

London court case alleges Grindr shared users’ HIV status with ad companies

Law firm Austen Hays filed a claim in London’s high court alleging that the US owner of the app breached British data protection laws and thousands of Grindr users had their information misused

Mon, 22 Apr, 2024

<p>Noel Gallagher (left) and Liam Gallagher (right) of Oasis, during a photocall at Wembley Stadium, in 2008.</p>

Suzanne Harrington: Were the 1990s really better, or are we just romanticising the past?

Just as older people look back on the 1950s as an extended song-and-dance scene from Grease rather than what Henry Miller termed “the air conditioned nightmare”, as a member of Gen X, I do the same in relation to the 1990s; I euphorically recall it.

Sun, 13 Oct, 2024

<p>The Wolfe Tones of Brian Warfield,Tommy Byrne and Noel Nagle in concert at Virgin Media park, Cork on Saturday. Picture: Eddie O'Hare</p>

15 live events for September: Ride, Upstart festival, Wolfe Tones...

Dublin Oldschool is also back with a tale of dance-music culture

Tue, 03 Sep, 2024

<p>Suzanne Harrington: "What we could not ignore was Elon Musk seig heiling. Twice, a Nazi salute, for all the world to see."</p>

Suzanne Harrington: Do not dare blame autism for Musk salute — it is neo-Nazism on the world stage

Don’t we have legislation in place to prevent foreign electoral interference? Because now would be a good time to press that stop button

Mon, 27 Jan, 2025

<p>Chappell Roan attending the MTV Video Music Awards 2024 held at the UBS Arena in New York. Picture date: Wednesday September 11, 2024.</p>

Chappell Roan says releasing country single The Giver is ‘bold and scary’ move

The Good Luck, Babe! singer said it did not mean she was permanently pivoting from pop music

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

Sam Smith: On a long journey to self-acceptance

Sam Smith: On a long journey to self-acceptance

"I've always found it hard to be on stage in front of people in any capacity, but there's obviously still an insecure person in me who needs - who really needs - the applause."

Sun, 03 May, 2020

<p>Scott claimed to have had a love affair with Thorpe at a time when homosexual acts were illegal in Britain. </p>

Book Review: Surviving trauma, abuse, and scandal with animal therapy

As his autobiography is published, the man at the heart of the Jeremy Thorpe political scandal in Britain tells Hannah Stephenson why he’s telling his story

Sun, 15 May, 2022

<p>It's A Sin: Omari Douglas as Roscoe Babatunde, Nathaniel Curtis as Ash Mukherjee, Olly Alexander as Ritchie Tozer, Callum Scott Howells as Colin Morris-Jones, Lydia West as Jill Baxter. </p>

It's A Sin: New TV series looks at onset of Aids epidemic in the 1980s

Years And Years singer Olly Alexander is one of the leads in the Channel 4 drama launching on Friday

Tue, 19 Jan, 2021

The cutting edge

Scissor Sisters’ Scott Hoffman is proud of the US band’s gay appeal and its massive following in Ireland and Britain, Ed Power reports

Thu, 24 May, 2012

How Aiden Gillen went from a schemer to a rogue

How Aiden Gillen went from a schemer to a rogue

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

Fri, 24 Jul, 2015

<p>Tom Creed will direct Giulio Cesare at Lismore Castle as part of Blackwater Valley Opera Festival. Picture: Ste Murray </p>

Culture That Made Me: Cork theatre director Tom Creed

The Mardyke man includes Disco Pigs, The Bear, and Fiona Shaw among his touchstones

Sun, 26 May, 2024

<p>As well as a love letter to Irish mammies,<span class="contextmenu quote">Four Mothers</span> feels like a love letter to the Irish gay men who love and care for them.</p>

Four Mothers: A love letter to Irish mammies (and their gay carers)

The director Darren Thornton and one of the stars Rory O'Neill (Panti Bliss) tell Esther McCarthy about the hit Irish film that's both funny and moving

Fri, 11 Apr, 2025

<p>PJ Kirby: "I thought I would never get married, never have kids. I was really in turmoil." Picture: Miki Barlok</p>

PJ Kirby: I was filled with so much shame, I thought I would never come out

Ahead of Cork Pride, podcaster and dancer PJ Kirby talks to Nicole Glennon about acceptance and his hopes for the future

Sun, 30 Jul, 2023