19th February 2001

Chaps - New bar opening in Dublin

A new bar titled 'Chaps' will open above 'Out on the liffey'. The relaunched bar will be run by some of the people behind Lynch's which closed in January. The venue is to be a relaxing late night bar Thur -Sun, from 9pm on. LUBE will host a fetish night every Sat night in conjunction with them ( pervisional launch date for this is on the 24th Feb) More news on the new bar - coming soon.

Shock - Disk Jock - comes out

One of Dublin's best known DJ's Chris Barry has come out in an interview in this month's hotpress magazine - The shock Radio King currently hosts a late night chat program on 98fm. The interview accused his previous employers FM104 of being a homophobic workplace. He told Hotpress 'You'd walk into a room and they'd be talking about the "little faggot" on at night'. Chris also revealed that he had never slept with a woman but is in a long term relationship of 8 years.

Check out this months Hotpress for more on this story

Belfast Pride 2001 meeting

The first meeting for Belfast Pride 2001 will take place in White's Tavern later tonight (19th February) at 7:30pm, the meeting is a brainstormer to plan ideas and suggestions for this years Belfast gay pride celebrations. Anyone wishing to volunteer their time along with those who might have suggestions are all welcome. Check out our pages on last years Belfast Pride here

Gay support group ‘was target of attacks’

A gay support group in Limavady has reported that it was the target of a recent petrol-bomb attack, The Rainbow Project, which offers advice and support to gay men, was meeting for the first time when two petrol bombs were thrown at the building. Both bombs failed to ignite and there were no injuries or damage reported. The RUC said a definite motive had not been established but it was not being treated as sectarian.

In the Pink

Saturdays Irish Times (Feb 17th) inlcuded a feature titled 'In the pink spotlight' the article mainly focused on gay pop culture, referencing the likes of Graham Norton,Dale Winton, Lily Savage who have all recently found TV fame in the UK. Click here to read the full article.

LINC - Poetry Reading and film

L.Inc. presents in co-operation with the Irish Centre for Migration Studies, and the UCC Women in Irish Society Project CHERRY SMYTH @ L.Inc., 2nd Floor, 34 Princes St., on Wed. 21st Feb. at 9 pm Cherry Smyth is a critic, writer, and member of the Astraea Lesbian Visual Arts Project. Her essays, poetry and fiction have been widely anthologized and she is the author of Lesbians Talk: Queer Notions. Her recent publication Damn Fine Art by New Lesbian Artists is a Who's Who of contemporary lesbian painters, sculptors, and photographers. As well as having been co-programmer of the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, she participated in the selection panel for last year's Dublin Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. She is Irish and lives in London. A showing of the Lesbian Short, Salvage, which was written by Cherry Smyth, will follow the seminar.

14th February 2001

Valentines Night in Dublin

Proof that Irish people are old romantics at heart can be seen by the amout of valentine events taking place. Firstly LUBE are having a fetish night in VIVA, South William Street - this is LUBE's first fetish party since Lynch's closed earlier in the year - the new venue could become a more permanent feature in the groups social calender, so all members are requested to attend. Other events taking place include a snogathon at Space N Vada in the George and 'Baby Love' at Baby 2k with Valentines gifts for the first lucky lovers thru the door.

Black N White

Personal Development Course

The Gay Men’s Health Project are running a course on Personal Development for gay and bisexual men, it will include modules on Assertiveness, self esteem and positive thinking. 

The course facilitators will be Odhran Allen, a qualified occupational therapist and one of GMHP outreach workers

The course will be run from the GMHP clinic (19 Haddington Road) for six consecutive Monday nights, and is free of charge for participants. Unfortunately, they can only facilitate groups of 15 per course, so places will be granted on a first come-first served basis.

If you are interested in taking part in the course or want to find out more information about it please phone us at 01 6726164

GUBU Launch Date

As reported below GUBU will relaunch as a gay bar on Monday January 26th. Already the bar has several teaser posters in high profile locations around Dublin (Outhouse etc..) The launch night promises freebies and live entertainment hosted by Miss Panti.Guests are encouraged to dress "up up up". Click here to view the invitation. Check out Gay-Ireland.com soon for a full review of Irelands newest gay venue

Book Report

Last week the Irish Times had a feature on the new booklet "If Your Child is Gay or Lesbian" launched by Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children Mr Tom Moffatt earlier this month. To read the full story in the Irish Times click here.

7th February 2001

Gay link over farm murder

According to the paper the 'gay link' is one of the main lines of enquiry being taken by detectives at present. For more information see Evening Herald 03/02/01.

Review of George Drink Prices

Trendy Dublin bar targets gay market

A report sent into Gay-Ireland.com tells us that Dublin is to get a new gay bar, the trendy GUBU of Capel Street is to target the pink pound all year round. Already the bar is a popular with many on the scene but on Monday the 26th of this month it will officialy relaunch (with an invite only party). The opening of the new bar is welcomed by many, especially since the closure of Lynch's at the begining of the year. The bar will boast its new found status by placing a large pink triangle outside the door. 

Bingo Lectures

Trinity's Rainbow week which has been running since monday will host it's own version of Bingo this Thursday (08/02/01) at its famous Buttery Bar. The game will be hosted by Dolly Dying-for-it and last years Miss Alternative Ireland winner 'Siobhan Broadway'. All attending must be escorted by a Trinity student!!

Renttecca Horror Show

Rainbow week celebrations wrap up on Friday, with an intervarsity showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Irish Film Center, Hosted by popular drag queen Renttecca. There will be spot prizes for the best fancy dress. Tickets for this event must be purchased in advance from Trinity's LGB society.

2nd February 2001

Wicklow's first gay meeting

"Amach Wicklow" is a new organisation for lesbian, gay and bisexual people, starting on Thursday, 15th February in the "Blue Room", upstairs in the Grand Hotel in Wicklow town.

Though the title of the organisation describes its Wicklow base, people from Dublin, Wexford and all other neighbouring counties (or further afield!) are more than welcome to attend.

One of the organisers Roy, is expecting a large turnout, "I have met some 'out' people in Wicklow town and I'm hoping for a reasonably good attendance. Depending on how successfully we get off the ground, we would hope to host workshops at the monthly meetings and maybe organise social events and a disco after a year or so.". 

The event is advertised in a local newspaper and has also had coverage in GCN and online. 

Gaylach - Irish Group

Practise however much (or little!) Irish you have at Gaylach1 in Outhouse, Dublin, Ireland on Saturday 10th February 2001 at 8pm.

Is grúpa comhrá Gaeilge do dhaoine bána, leispiacha agus dé-ghnéasacha é Gaylach1 a bhuaileann le chéile uair sa mhí i mBaile Átha Cliath. Beidh an chéad chruinniú eile ar siúl ag 8 pm ar an Satharn an 10ú Feabhra sa bhialann in Outhouse ar Sráid Liam theas. Tá fáilte roimh gach duine agus gach caighdeán Gaeilge. Tabhair leat uirlis ceoil, má tá tú ag iarraidh, bheadh sé go deas seisiún ceoil a chur ar bun i ndiadh na cainte. Bhí thart ar deichniúr ag an gcéad chruinniú roimh an Nollaig. Bhí cúigear i láthair ag an gcruinniú i mí Eanáir. Le tuilleadh poiblíochta agus an láthair gréasáin seo, tá mé ag súil go mbeidh slua níos mó ann i mí Feabhra. Tá fáilte romhat! 

Launch of parents support booklet

The 2nd edition of the Parents Support booklet will be launched next Wednesday (Feb 7th) at the offices of the Equality Authority by The minister for Health and Children, Micheal Martin TD. The booklet will be available online aswell as thru the Gay Switchboard Dublin. The booklet provides information to parents.