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Sinn Féin calls for historical convictions for "homosexual acts" to be disregarded.

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

08:50 17 May 2023


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Next month will mark 30 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland.

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The government has committed to overturning the convictions of the almost one thousand men affected - but has yet to do so.

Sinn Féin senator Fintan Warfield says time is of essence, to try to reverse the harm that was done.

'This is a commitment that the government have made and that they should honour and so on the 30th anniversary of homosexuality being decriminalised and there is a call for the disregard of these criminal records.'


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