Marriage Equality Protesters lock on at Dáil

national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Thursday June 25, 2009 12:57 by adam and steve

gate protest at Kildare Street

A group of Marriage Equality Protesters have blocked access to Leinster House on Kildare Street by locking themselves to the gates of the entrance.

A group of Marriage Equality Protesters have blocked access to Leinster House on Kildare Street by locking themselves to the gates.

The equality protest is in support of gay people having the same rights to marry as straight people, something the Irish government refuses them.

There is a heavy Garda presence at the scene. Currently the protest is concentrated at Kildare Street, but other protesters have also gathered at the Department of the Toaiseach and government buildings on Merrion Square.