Hostile attitudes and behaviour still make the lives of LGBT+ youths a misery

Two applications for leave to bring petitions against referendum result due in High Court

Archbishop Eamon Martin says ‘two parallel discussions’ going on

Scenes of joy in Dublin Castle on May 23rd felt like a kind of secular Pentecost

Archbishop Eamon Martin welcomes the raised awareness of issues faced by gay people

It is vital that our young people recognise that this is their moment and that the time for ‘waiting your turn’ is over

Cardinal’s comments better applied to holocaust than Irish referendum

The Yes vote means broadcasters can throw away their stopwatches, for now

Fifty per cent of LGBT young people still consider suicide owing to stigma and homophobic bullying and one in five LGBT pupils avoid school

Comment: If we love equality, Eighth Amendment is first obstacle that needs to go

Secretary of State called result of the Irish referendum a ‘disaster for humanity’

‘However they cloaked their arguments, the thrust of the No campaign was to call into question the full humanity of its opponents’

Schools with different ethos entitled to transmit values dear to them, says Rónán Mullen

‘In terms of the traditional campaign both sides postered heavily in streets and neighbourhoods, but there were differences both in the message and in impact’

Merkel faces dilemma as survey shows 75% of Germans favour marriage equality

Secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin reaction to vote

Fitzgerald ‘very conscious that many couples will want to get married as soon as possible’

However, it will be hard to get younger voters to be enthusiastic about the election

Ecstatic cheers in Blue Note bar for former Fianna Fáil justice minister Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

Will Government act quickly to resolve issues that could have been teased out earlier?