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What place does Pride Month have in Ireland?

“While marchers at Pride between the 1980s and 2000s were almost exclusively gay men and lesbia...

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06.45 26 May 2025


What place does Pride Month have in Ireland?


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06.45 26 May 2025


“While marchers at Pride between the 1980s and 2000s were almost exclusively gay men and lesbians, today these parades are dominated by heterosexuals professing their “allyship” without realising how patronising they sound.”  

Those are the words of author John Boyne in the Sunday Independent and we get reaction from Eddie McGuinness, founder of The Outing Queer Arts Collective and Winter Pride Festival in Co. Clare. 


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