Irish LGBTQ+ organisations have launched the first ever LGBTQ+ sector-wide manifesto ahead of the general election.

The Taoiseach said that some TDs who voted for the Bill in the Dail are now ‘running around as if they’ve never heard of the Bill’.

The Fianna Fail leader said there had been ‘significant debate’ on the bill.

Helen McEntee has said there has been a lot of ‘misinformation’ about the Bill.

Calls for hate speech legislation to be scrapped are unnecessary, while definitions in the Bill can be tightened, according to Fianna Fáil senator Malcom Byrne

Sinn Féin has denied claims of a U-turn on the Government's proposed hate speech legislation

Labour Senator Annie Hoey said she will keep her X handle, but will no longer be posting to the account