The reigning first lady of pop, Lady Gaga is currently taking her particular brand of questionable attire and the catchy á la mode synthesiser-driven Madonna/Gwen Stefani-esque vocals on tour. Since the runaway international success of dancefloor-filler “Just Dance” last summer, HRH Gaga has been churning out the happy hits (”Poker Face”,”Love Game”) from her early 2009 debut The Fame.

Well did you see us? You couldn’t have missed us, our t-shirts were blindingly pink and our banner was fabulous What a great Dublin Pride. Rumour has it it was the biggest so far with around 12,000 people turning out in all their gay attire. We had an amazing time and hope you did so too. For a change, it wasn’t the weather putting a dampener on things, but the governement with the annoucement that the civil partnership bill was “not a stepping stone to marriage”.

Recently there was a treat on for all the Dolly fans out there. “This Dumb Blonde Ain’t Nobody’s Fool” by Sinead Murphy and the Nine to Fives was on in the Draíocht Studio, Blanchardstown.
Sinead was kind enough to take some time to answer some questions for us and let us know what’s next for her.

Having been shown earlier in the year on E4, the third season of the show Skins, will now be shown on Channel 4. I have to admit to not watching either season 1 or 2 but upon hearing that season 3 would have a lesbian storyline I was sucked in.

LGBT groups all over Ireland are up in arms over The Civil Partnership Bill, which was published yesterday. Read all about it here. The biggest indictment of the Bill? The Iona Institute congratulating the Government on “protecting the family”. On this day of celebration, prepare to get angry.