Political reaction to the decision to decriminalise homosexual acts by consenting adults in Ireland.
Homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland with the passage of the second phase of the bill to decriminalise sexual acts between consenting adults under the Criminal Law Bill (Sexual Offences) in 1993.
Cathy Herbert reports for Morning Ireland with mixed messages of support and opposition from: Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Minister for Justice; Gay Mitchell, Fine Gael; Paul McGrath, Fine Gael; Michael McDowell, Progressive Democrats; Eamon Gilmore Democratic Left; Mervyn Taylor, Minister for Equality and Law Reform; Noel Ahern, Fianna Fáil.
This edition of Morning Ireland was broadcast on 24 June 1993.
The accompanying image shows members of the Gay and Lesbian community celebrating outside the Oireachtas in 1993.
