An estimated 4000 to 5000 people (not including cute puppies) marched for marriage equality in Dublin’s city centre this afternoon, the second of what has become an annual event to take place, organised by LGBT Noise.

Assembling at Dublin City Hall, Lord Edward Street, the march set off at 2pm wending its way down Dame Street, by the gates of Trinity College Dublin, and along Nassau Street before turning up Kildare Street.  There, the march passed by the gates of Dáil Éireann and turned left at The Shelbourne Hotel onto St Stephen’s Green where the mass of people streamed around the Green (past the Loreto school) to the steps of Iveagh House where the Department of Justice and Law Reform is headquartered (no longer is the portfolio of Equality included in the Department’s remit).

And so, piccies!

From @gaelick (c’est nous!):

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News coverage elsewhere:

• RTÉ News

• Belfast Telegraph

• Wicklow People

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