Today – Valentine’s Day – Marriage Equality celebrates its fourth birthday. The aim of Marriage Equality’s work is to draw attention to the ongoing inequalities and legal difficulties faced by same-sex couples and their families despite the progress made with the civil partnership scheme.
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Four years of fighting for love and equality
BLT Sandwich (25-27 Nov)
This is one busy weekend around the country, including the Gay Prom, festive highlights, the return of Bitches Be Crazy, regular youth group meetings, and the start of 16 Days. Clear the diaries, folks!
Art for Equality
The work of some of Ireland’s leading artists will come under the hammer at an art auction fundraising event for Marriage Equality. Entitled “Art for Marriage Equality”, the auction takes place on Saturday, 26th November.
Setback in fight for marriage equality in Ireland
The fight for marriage equality in Ireland suffered a minor setback yesterday when the Supreme Court ruled against Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan on a technical point.
Preliminary hearing in Zappone & Gilligan appeal tomorrow!
This just in from our friends at Marriage Equality: Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan will be in the Supreme Court tomorrow (Friday, 21st October) at 10:45am for a motion to amend their pleadings. Although the Court will not be hearing the case tomorrow, its decision may provide us with an indication of how the Supreme Court is feeling about this case
Missing Pieces: Parent & child, other issues
Last week, Marriage Equality launched its “Just Love?” campaign and the “Missing Pieces” report, an audit of civil partnership as compared with marriage. The report reveals 169 differences between the two. In the final in our series of articles, we look at parents and children, and other miscellaneous issues
Missing Pieces: Immigration & legal procedures
On Tuesday, Marriage Equality launched its “Just Love?” campaign and the “Missing Pieces” report, an audit of civil partnership as compared with marriage. The report reveals 169 differences between the two. In the second of our series of articles, we look at two further areas examined: immigration and legal procedures
Missing Pieces: The Family Home & Finance
On Tuesday, Marriage Equality launched its “Just Love?” campaign and the “Missing Pieces” report, an audit of civil partnership as compared with marriage. The report reveals 169 differences between the two. Here, we look at the first two areas examined: the family home and finance.
Civil Partnership: “An abdication of legislative responsibility”
Today Marriage Equality launches its “Just Love?” campaign. To coincide with the launch, a ground-breaking report – “Missing Pieces” – reveals 169 legal differences between civil marriage and civil partnership, and a poster campaign is rolled out across Dublin











