18 - The murder of Declan Flynn & the story of Irish Pride

In honour of Pride month, and with the Dublin Pride Parade only a week away, this episode discusses the tragic case of the beating death of Declan Flynn in Fairview Park in 1983. Declan was a victim of a gang known to stalk the park at night, "queer bashing". We also chart the changes in Irish law since that point in terms of rights for the LGBT+ community, which culminated in the passing of the Marriage Equality referendum in 2015. Happy Pride ya'll! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music:  Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources: Norris v AG  [1983] IESC 3      Norris v Ireland  6/1987/129/180    Zappone v Revenue Commissioners [2006] IEHC 404, [2008] 2 IR 417    Una Mullaly, In the name of Love (Dublin: History Press Ireland, 2014) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Name-Love-Una-Mullally/dp/1845888308) Irish Queer Archive, https://www.facebook.com/IrishQueerArchive/ Declan Flynn papers: https://www.facebook.com/pg/IrishQueerArchive/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1585341831519228  Panti Bliss' Noble Call :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXayhUzWnl0     Kiran Sarma A review of research on victimisation of the gay and lesbian community in Ireland (Garda Research Unit   https://www.garda.ie/en/About-Us/Publications/Research-Publications/A-review-of-research-on-victimisation-of-the-Gay-and-Lesbian-community-in-Ireland.pdf  "Call for new hate crime laws as people report assault and violence because of sexuality” in The Journal.ie http://www.thejournal.ie/rape-crisis-network-calling-government-introduce-hate-crime-legislation-2872566-Jul2016/ (11 July 2016) Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010  Children and Family Relationships Act 2015     Civil Registration Act 2004     Offences Against The Person Act, 1861     Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885