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Headlines Archive - 2000

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Feb 2000 March 2000

Launch of Gay-Ireland.com 

Fruit Factory to move to new venue

Rainbow Ball 2000

Shirley takes up journalism

 

Cork opens door to gay couples

Young FG urges right to marry for homosexuals

Irish clubs on tour to UK

Hillary marches with gay and lesbians at St Patricks day parade

Bingo on TG4

Kremlin’s first Birthday

Proposal to include gay couples on housing lists

Fruit Factory gets a makeover

Geri Halliwell reported to be appearing at the George

Alternative Miss Ireland

Irish bands Westlife and B*Witched play GAY club

Secret gay lives of Irish married men

April 2000

Irish newspaper report on gay people and their fingers

Outhouse shrinks in size

New wine bar opens

Mayor of Waterford welcomes gay organisation to city hall

Lower age for gay consent is closer

Adoption plan for gays is too risky

“Shame of seedy sex den”

Stephen Gately plays GAY club

2 new clubs TNT and outside open

 

 May 2000 

Gay advice group to set up in Mid-Ulster
Social Economy Workshop - Waterford
Gay-Ireland.com's 10,000th visitor
Flirt nightclub closes
Irish Aids Day 
The Sugar club goes gay on Sundays
The playground celebrates 6th birthday
Belfast to get softer approach to gay activity
New club Splash opens
Lynch's goes gay 7 nights a week
Oscar Wilde to appear on postage stamps

 

 June 2000

 

 July 2000 

Newspaper report on internet chat channels

New club 'Fantasy' launched

Gay-Ireland.com's 20,000th visitor

Freedom's 4th Birthday

Outhouse - open house

Sinead O'Connor comes out

Pride 2000

Casting Couch launched

Shirley TV show on TG4
OutArt opens

New cases of AIDS in Ireland reaches all-time high

Samantha Mumba and Ronan Keating play GAY club

Family sues Phone Book over gay Lines

Dana International plays at the George
Penny Bridge retires

Lynch's holds teddy bears picnic

Strictly Handbag's 300th night

40,000th visitor

U Magazines Drag article

Fantasy club closes

New gay outdoors group

Belfast/Derry/Galway Pride 

Pope : Gays are evil

Gloria on tour

Lesbian mum living in fear

MTV's first gay weekend


Penny and Annie Balls on BBC TV 

Top priest in rent boy drama

10th Belfast pride

Trick movie opens

Out on the liffey - new management

Irelands first gay travel agency opens

 

 August 2000 

Outdoors Eire - first outing
Trade club to appear at Rose of Tralee
Lube Fetish Party 
Homophobic incidents to be monitored
8th Dublin Lesbian and gay film festival 
Cliteratae Erotica Ball
New look for www.Gay-Ireland.Com
Kremlin to expand
New IRC room
Mr Gay-Ireland - Galway Round 1
RTE's first gay night
Waterford Pride
Irelands gay icons
Splash Moves venue
GCN launch Internet column
TG4 screen gay documentary

 

 Sept 2000   Oct 2000 

Gay play visits Waterford and Limerick


Mr Gay-Ireland Final


Transgender marriage to come before Irish courts

Examiner report on gay Irish Internet sites


Ladyboys from Bangkok 


Disko begins


Girl Attacked in night club


Big Brother visits Dublin Gay Bar


New Gay Men Swimming Group

 

Playground moves location


Queer and Alternative - Q+A launched


Student pressure over sexual identity


Vatican Forgives Wilde His Sins


Atomic Kitten play the George


Jimmy Somerville plays at Divine nightclub

 

 Nov 2000 

Work begins on Kremlin extension
Stranos bar opens in Galway
Equality Act Launched
Gay-Ireland.com's 100,000th visitor
Out on the liffey relaunch
Northern Ireland age of consent cut
Baby 2k's first birthday

 

 Dec 2000 

Gloria xmas Concert
Lynch's to close 
Playground launch new mixed Saturday club
Westlife play GAY club
LUBE looking for new venue
3rd Gay panto at the George
New Waterford club
Irish Times review the Dublin scene
Hilton Edwards opens on new years eve

 

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