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An Irish chef has been sentenced to 29 years for raping a lesbian in 2010 after he told her that he was gay.

Openly gay candidate David Norris conceded defeat as human rights activist and poet Michael D. Higgins looked on course to be elected Ireland’s president.

An openly gay politician who withdrew from the Irish presidential race due to controversy only to throw his hat into the ring once more has sewn up the support he needs to put his name on the ballot.

An openly gay contender for the Irish presidency is not yet down and out after a journalist’s touting of a nine-year-old interview in which the politician discussed the ancient Greek custom of older men mentoring -- and having sex with -- male teens.

Ireland’s Minister for Tourism welcomes first growth in overseas visitors in almost 3 years, referring to the 12% rise in tourism numbers from North America and the overall 8.6% growth from overseas markets as ’very positive.’

The Irish politician who had set his sights on being the first openly gay man to attain the presidency is now embroiled in a scandal over an interview in which he addressed the classical Greek tradition of older men engaging in relationships with youths.

It wasn’t so long ago that simply being gay in the Republic of Ireland made one a criminal. On April 5, the civil union of two men in a committed life partnership marked how far GLTBs in that nation have come.

It’s official: an openly gay member of Ireland’s Senate is ready to make his bid for that country’s presidency.

Word from the Old Country is that the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York is "not Irish" because it bans gays and lesbians.

Waterford Crystal is renowned for its sparkle - and lately the city it’s named for lives up to that description. But Waterford, in Ireland’s sunny southeast (sunny being a relative concept in Ireland), hasn’t always had it easy.