FF TD Jack Chambers announces he is gay

I got the notification as well. Heard the name before, but not idea who he is of what he is minister of. No interest and who cares. I am left wondering if this is from the government's spin machine, trying to take attention from real issues effecting people.

And run it as the second story on the website - best of luck Jack etc but not news imo.

Equally, one could ask why is this a thread?

I'd now like to come out as...left-handed. My sexual orientation should be equally as irrelevant.

It's a sign of how far we still have to evolve as a society when the media think a public servant's (minister or otherwise) sexual orientation is even newsworthy.

Regressive journalism from The Irish Times. I'm disappointed with them to be honest.

People don't care. It's the idea of The Irish Times caring enough to run such a petty story that people here are posting about.

It's a distraction from the actual issues, and an attempt to boost his popularity in probably an election year, and thus internal standing in the party.

Same reason why Leo Varadkar came out on national radio during the SSM referendum. I don't think Jack will be succeeding Micheal though somehow.

I'm with the OP, also I fail to understand why Mr Chambers feels it necessary to tell us that he is 'proud' to be gay. Am I entitled to be proud of being 5ft 11 or of having green eyes? Research has shown that sexuality is largely genetic so it seems silly to be proud of being gay, or straight, or tri-sexual.

The West has become obsessed with LGBT rights to such an extent that it will inevitably prompt a backlash.

In 2015, 38% of the population voted against gay people being given the same legal rights to marry as straight people.

Boost his internal standing in FF? I don't think you know FF. 😂

The real question is why the OP gets notifications from RTE. What sort of person signs up for that?

What about all the straight people I say. They need to be recognised also surely.

Lads, the answer is clicks, nothing more.

Half the stuff on every the news site is nonsense.

You're better off deleting news apps, or at least stopping push notifications. There's nothing reported that has an material impact on the lives of most people in Ireland.

A quick look on the Journal shows the same Chambers story, a piece on Paul Mescal, two stories on the US election 10 months away, a volcano in Iceland and two stories about road traffic accidents. In short, the people who are actually affected, or even interested in this stuff are getting it from sources better than RTE and The journal

How else would he know what to be outraged about.

Funny enough "a foot fetish" would probably be a big scandal. Really does freak people out 🤣

Bit odd that you feel you need to know about paedophilia and beastiality

This thread has gone down the usual route, disappointing but predictable.

Just goes to show how pointless RTE are these days and how sh*te journalism is in general