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'The mass was hijacked to support the cause of same-sex marriage'

A former Athy curate, Fr Brendan Kealy, has clarified his position over a married gay couple's leading role in St Michael's choir in Athy. In a letter written to the editor of The Catholic Voice newspaper, Anthony Murphy, Fr Kealy explained his ...

20 Sept 2016 at 16:32

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Dozens of same sex marriages celebrated in Kildare in 2016

Some 45 same sex marriages were celebrated in Kildare last year. According to the latest Central Statistics Office figures for 2016, 23 male couples and 22 female couples tied the knot in the Lilywhite county. 2016 is the first full year for ...

13 Apr 2017 at 15:08

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Kildare has higher proportion of female same sex marriages

Twenty four same sex couple who planned to live in county Kildare registered their marriages in 2017, according to new figures on marriage from the Central Statistics Office. Two thirds of them (16) were female marriages, one of the highest ...

30 Mar 2018 at 17:53

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Famous Knock Marriage Bureau to shut its doors

The famous Knock Marriage Bureau - or Knock Marriage Introductions as it has been known in recent years - is to shut its doors. For over fifty years, the service has been responsible for introducing couples, many of whom went on to become ...

17 May 2019 at 12:07

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Roderic O’Gorman denies married couples’ rights will be limited under changes

Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman has rejected suggestions that married couples’ rights will be limited under proposed changes to the Constitution. He denied that, by broadening the definition of families in the upcoming referenda, ...

01 Feb 2024 at 17:32

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Gay cake complaint against Belfast bakers ruled inadmissible by EU Court

A complaint by a Northern Ireland gay rights activist that he had been discriminated against when the Christian owners of a bakery refused to make him a cake iced with the slogan “Support Gay Marriage” has been ruled inadmissible by ...

06 Jan 2022 at 11:47

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UPDATE: EU Court set to rule on famous Belfast 'gay cake' saga

UPDATE: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has since ruled the complaint as inadmissible, as activist Gareth Lee failed to "exhaust domestic remedies" in the long-running saga. In a written ruling today (January 6) the ECHR ...

06 Jan 2022 at 10:33

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Minister rejects claims constitutional changes will erode marriage incentive

Claims by Catholic bishops that the proposed changes to the constitution on family would weaken the incentive for young people to marry has been rejected by the public expenditure minister. Ireland’s Catholic bishops urged the ...

26 Feb 2024 at 15:07

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Varadkar 'honoured' to be in Chile as marriage equality law takes effect

The Tánaiste is "honoured" to be in Chile on the day marriage equality becomes enshrined in law. Leo Varadkar commented on social media this afternoon (Thursday March 10), stating, "And then there were 31. Honoured to be here ...

10 Mar 2022 at 16:42

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Ukrainian soldiers hold flowers as volunteer troops marry at Kyiv checkpoint

Two members of the Ukrainian military have married in their fatigues as their country faces continued bombardment by Russia. Lesia Ivashchenko and Valerii Fylymonov, both members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces, ...

07 Mar 2022 at 11:30

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500 same-sex marriages took place in Ireland last year, CSO reveals

Five hundred same-sex marriages took place in Ireland last year. That's according to the latest Marriages report released today (Friday April 29) from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which also found the number of ...

29 Apr 2022 at 12:32

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Wedding bells for Kildare county councillor as Fine Gael's Evie Sammon gets married

It’s official: one of Naas Municipal District’s county councillors, Evie Sammon, has tied the knot. The Ballymore Eustace woman and her partner Andy Reddin were married on Friday, April 8, in Palmerstown House Estate, ...

11 Apr 2022 at 19:15

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