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RTE1 now - Monday 7.30 Scannal - Declan Flynn

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    amdublin
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    Incredibly sad story :(


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    amdublin
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    Shocking verdict


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    amdublin
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    RIP Declan, a brother and the son.


    Thank god we are in a different place, I think he would have got justice if it happened now.


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    Fleawuss
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    The park bench in Fairview was full of tributes in the run up to the referendum. I visited the park for the first time in nearly 30 years after the yes vote. So sad. It could have been any of us in that era of the shadows. I was and am so full of admiration for those who marched to Fairview after the verdict. Declan died alone with his haters but he beat them in the end. He should never be forgotten. RIP.


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    swine
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    Thanks for the heads-up. Was completely unaware of this story, and would not have caught it otherwise. I was born in '83 and it's an eye opener to see such an awful time.


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    Ten of Swords
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    amdublin wrote: »
    Thank god we are in a different place, I think he would have got justice if it happened now.

    The problem is that it took this murder, and in particular the trial verdict, for people to take notice of the gay community. The institutionalized discrimination could no longer be ignored and things began to change slowly.

    A month after the trial concluded the supreme court rejected an application to decriminalize homosexuality from David Norris effectively ending a 6 year legal battle.

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    L1011
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    Ten of Swords wrote: »
    effectively ending a 6 year legal battle.

    Domestically only - he did continue to Europe and win, remember.


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    Ten of Swords
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    L1011 wrote: »
    Domestically only - he did continue to Europe and win, remember.

    True, but a very poor reflection on Ireland that it took Europe to get us to put our house in order and even then it was five years after the ECHR verdict that the law was changed. Shameful.

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    Ten of Swords
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    Here is the episode for anyone interested

    http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10467612/

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    Niemoj
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    Thanks for posting the link.

    May he RIP, such a sad story but look how far we've come.


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