In an October 21 episode of the radio show Liveline, an upset caller complained about a mobile coffee shop set up in the church grounds calling it blasphemous. According to the show, the coffee shop trailer was set up outside the St Peter’s Church in Phibsborough, but it was inside the railings of the church grounds.

Northern Ireland fitted in with the rest of UK; marriage equality becomes law there; the first billboards promoting legal same-sex marriage erected.

Ireland's government will hold a referendum in October to remove the punishment for blasphemy from its Constitution.

A national referendum in Ireland would challenge so-called Eighth Amendment that gives unborn fetuses and pregnant women an equal right to life.