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Marriage Equality Referendum
On 22 May the people of Ireland will have an opportunity to end discrimination in civil marriage laws against lesbian and gay couples.
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Constitutional Convention
The Conventional Convention votes overwhelmingly (79%) to ask the Government to amend the Constitution to provide for marriage equality.
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Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act
The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act introduces important legal protections and recognition for same-sex couples. However it fails to grant full equality to LGBTI people and ignores the existence of same-sex parented families.
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Equal Status Act
The Equal Status Act outlaws discrimination on a range of grounds, including sexual orientation, outside the workplace, in particular in the provision of goods and services, selling renting or leasing property and certain aspects of education.
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Employment Equality Act
Introduction of the Employment Equality Act which prohibits discrimination in employment on a range of grounds, including sexual orientation. Certain institutions are granted exemption from the act on the basis of religious ethos.
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Decriminalisation of Homosexuality
Some five years after David Norris’ victory at the ECHR, Ireland finally decriminalises homosexuality.
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Norris v. Ireland
After a legal battle lasting more than a decade, David Norris wins his case at the European Court of Human Rights and Ireland’s laws criminalising homosexuality are found to be in breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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First Dublin Pride Parade
A protest march condemning high levels of violence against LGBT people takes place in Dublin following the horrific murder of Declan Flynn, a young gay man. The first ever Dublin Pride march takes place in June 1983.
