Tag: queer
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A historic moment for LGBTQ+ Rights: Disregards Scheme now Law
15th July 2026 All stages in the Oireachtas on Disregards Legislation now complete. Bill goes to the President for signing. The Dáil this evening approved the Seanad amendments to the Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026, completing the Bill’s passage through the Oireachtas. It now goes to the President for signature.…
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Final Step for Disregards Legislation Tonight
15th July 2026 The last step in the passage of the legislation providing for Disregards expected in the Dáil tonight. The Seanad amendments to the Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 will be debated and voted on in the Dáil this evening (Wednesday 15th July), completing the Bill’s passage through the…
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Dáil Passes Historic Disregard Bill
11th June 2026 Justice for those persecuted under the former anti-gay laws in Ireland. The Dáil last night voted to pass the Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 which includes a Disregard Scheme that provides redress to gay men for the harms done to them through unjust laws, which were repealed…
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Historic Wrongs Being Righted: Disregard Legislation Reaches the Dáil
9th June 2026 Government’s Disregard Scheme legislation major milestone, but still significant gaps. The Minister for Justice has published legislation that will provide for a Disregard Scheme for men persecuted under Ireland’s former anti-gay laws. The Scheme being introduced through amendments to the Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 will be…
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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…
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Op Ed: Irish Times: Ireland’s anti-gay laws have left a long and dark legacy
2nd March 2026 By Brian Sheehan. Published in the Irish Times, 2nd March 2026 In Tullow, Co. Carlow in the late 1960s there was a cluster of court cases involving up to 20 men, including three juveniles aged 15, 16 and 17 years, who were charged under the anti-gay laws then in force. Almost all…
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Media Release: Strong welcome for Working Group report on Disregards for past gay convictions.
1st July 2025 This evening the Government have published the final report of the Department of Justice’s ‘Working Group to Examine the Disregards for convictions of relating to consensual sexual activity between Men’. The LGBT Restorative Justice Campaign welcome the report and the approach that the Working Group has taken to delivering on Disregards for…
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Media Release: Disregard Scheme offers the opportunity to right grave injustices.
1st July 2025 The LGBT Restorative Justice Campaign welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee of a public consultation on the proposed scheme to disregard the historic convictions of gay and bisexual men for consensual same-sex activities. “A grave injustice was done to gay and bisexual men who were arrested, charged, prosecuted,…
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