Tag: karl-hayden
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Dáil debates opposition bill on disregards of historic convictions under anti-gay laws.
16th April 2026 A Private Members Bill to disregard historical convictions for consensual same-sex activity will be debated at second stage in the Dáil, this afternoon, Thursday, 16th April. The Bill first introduced to the Dáil last year by Deputy Aengus O’Snodaigh and supported by Sinn Fein, Labour, Social Democrats, Green Party and People Before…
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Parting Shot: GCN: Justice is in sight for men convicted under anti-gay laws.
March 2026 By Karl Hayden. Published in the GCN, March 2026 Intimate and loving consensual relationships between men in Ireland have been criminalised for hundreds of years. First common law, then English law, then Irish law treated gay men not as citizens but as criminals. The 1533 Buggery Act carried the death penalty. The Offences…
LGBT Disregard 