Less no more: why it’s time for marriage equality in Ireland

Gareth Walsh is a law graduate from Trinity College Dublin, and is currently undertaking the MSc Human Rights at the LSE. His principal academic interest is in the area of socio-economic rights, and utilising the law to bring about social change. As a gay Irish person, the upcoming marriage referendum represents a personally and historically seminal moment for him and his country. “I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. – WB Yeats”