Hackers' Pub

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`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
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My Joan Private Idaho 💐😷 @clickhere@mastodon.ie

5/23/2025, 5:26:35 PM

Public

It was at about this time 10 years ago, on Saturday, 23 May, when I burst into uncontrollable tears in a packed pub on the corner of Parliament St in Dublin

The official result of the marriage equality referendum had just been announced on TV - I had led the Dublin South Central constituency campaign, and months of effort, exhaustion, emotion, and relief erupted from within me

Ireland said Yes

An account from then: https://www.slow-journalism.com/from-the-archive/moment-that-mattered-ireland-votes-to-legalise-same-sex-marriages

#MarRef #MarriageEquality #QueerHistory #MastoDaoine

Moment that mattered: Ireland votes to legalise same-sex marriages

On the day after the vote, I went with some of our volunteers to the count centre to help with the tallying. Then at about lunchtime I went into town

www.slow-journalism.com

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