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27 Sep 2011
You can't walk down the street in this town at the moment without bumping in to gay couples that are tying the knot. It's enough to warm the cockles of even this jaded old queen's fridgid heart. And that's especially true of the couples who have been together for a very long time and are now finally able to have their long and loving relationship formally recognised in a way straight couples take for granted.
One such couple is my old friends John and John, who after a courtship that has lasted twenty seven years, got hitched today. Couldn't have happened to a nicer couple.
Congrats fellas, and here's to another twenty seven years!
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07 Sep 2011
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20 Apr 2011
They haven't picked a date yet, so there's still a chance that someone else could nip in there and be the first "celebrity" civil partnership. Shirley Temple-Bar is very competitive so don't be surprised if you see her rushing to the bridal shop on Parnell St.
TV3 released a statement after the show this morning.
TV3 would like to announce that Ireland AM presenter Alan Hughes has announced his engagement to his long term partner Karl Broderick. Alan and Karl have been together for 17 years. Karl popped the question last weekend and both he and Alan are delighted that the laws in Ireland now allow them to be recognised as partners. No date has been set yet for the ceremony but Alan looks forward to celebrating the day with family, friends and TV3 colleagues. Ireland AM has been inundated with congratulations and well wishes from viewers.
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06 Apr 2011
Congrats to Barry Dignam and Hugh Walsh who became the first gay couple to publicly celebrate their Civil Partnership yesterday. (Six couples had already got CP's after applying for a judicial waiver of the three month waiting period). The Dublin couple seemed to take the large media interest in their stride.
They were quickly followed by Thomas Cahalan and Nicholas Nelson who also tied the knot at the registry office on Grand Canal Street.
(pics Niall Carson/Leon Farrell)
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17 Jan 2011
Along with other gay couples who have foreign civil marriages or partnerships, Glenn Cunningham and Adriano Vilar's partnership was officially recognised in this country last Thursday, but by chance the couple were also at the Immigration and Naturalisation Service on Thursday dealing with Brazilian Adriano's residency status. The upshot was that the couple, who were partnered in Northern Ireland last year, became the first couple to have their partnership formally recognised here.
The Irish Times reports:
"At first the officials didn't know what to do, they'd never dealt with a legally binding civil partnership involving a gay couple," recalls Mr Cunningham (43). "Eventually, the officials came back and said: ‘Congratulations - you're the first couple in Ireland to be recognised as civil partners'. We were shocked - we couldn't believe it!"
Mr Villar (29), adds: "My reaction was like, ‘Wow-wee, yahoo! Really?' I've always felt quite insecure - only living here on a student visa. We went off and got a bottle of champagne to celebrate."
Congrats to the happy couple.
The first Civil Partnership ceremonies are expected to take place here in April.
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13 Jan 2011
Congratulations to all the couples whose foreign 'gay' marriages/unions/partnerships became recognised in Ireland today.
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06 Jan 2011
A commenter pointed out that France was not included in the list of foreign gay marriages/civil unions that will be recognised in this country as Civil Partnerships from January 13th (that I posted earlier). To be honest I hadn't even noticed and thought perhaps I had simply missed France when I was typing out the list, but after checking I see that indeed France is not on the list HERE.
Anyone able to clarify that for us?
UPDATE: My gay Brian from GLEN has clarified this anomaly for us:
The French PACS is not included, nor are some other legal relationships - for example, the Dutch Civil Partnership and some of the Domestic Partnerships in the US (e.g. California).
The reason is that these kinds of relationships can be dissolved by agreement between the parties (e.g. by both parties signing a document with a lawyer), not through the Courts.
The CP Act specifies in Section 5 the criteria used to govern which classes of relationships can be recognised. It says:
(a) the relationship is exclusive in nature
(b) the relationship is permanent unless the parties dissolve it through the courts
(c) the relationship has been registered under the law of that juristdiction, and
(d) the rights and obligations attendant on the relationship are, in the opinion of the Minister, sufficient to indicate that the relationship would be treated comparably to a Civil Partnership
So (b) is behind the non-recognition of some relationships. However people who are already in one of those relationships will now be able to enter a Civil Partnership here in Ireland.
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05 Jan 2011
Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Mexico City, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, or California/Conneticut/Iowa/Massachusetts/New Hampshire/New Jersy/Vermont/Washington D.C., then congratulations because your union will become recognised as a Civil Partnership in this country on January 13th.
And if you were one of the couples who registered your intent to get a Civil Partnership today, the first day when Irish couples could (technically it was Jan 1st, but of course the registration offices were closed for the holidays), then congrats to you too!
Couples must register their intent to get a CP three months in advance, so the first ceremonies should take place in April.
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19 Jul 2010
Despite the rumours, the President signed the Civil Partnership Bill this morning and it is now the law of the land. Congratulations gays.
Here is the statement from the Department of Justice and Law Reform:
Ahern Welcomes Coming Into Law of Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010
The Minister for Justice & Law Reform, Mr. Dermot Ahern T.D., welcomed the coming into law of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010.
President Mary McAleese this morning signed the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009. Minister Ahern said: "This is one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation to be enacted since independence. Its legislative advance has seen an unprecedented degree of unity and support within both Houses of the Oireachtas.
This Act provides enhanced rights and protections for many thousands of Irish men and women. Ireland will be a better place for its enactment. This new law provides, for the first time, legal recognition for same-sex couples in Ireland. It is of tremendous social significance, for the couples who can now register as partners, for their friends and families - ultimately, for all of us."
The Act also provides for a cohabitants' redress scheme, which will provide a 'safety-net' for financially dependent long-term cohabitants on the end of a relationship.
It is expected that changes to the tax and social welfare code will be made in the next finance and social welfare Bills. The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 is expected to be commenced when those changes take effect.
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18 Jul 2010
My spies tell me that the President is indeed going to refer the bill, as we speculated previously. Though obviously, we will need to wait a couple of more days to see for sure.
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