{"id":522070,"date":"2026-06-28T02:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/522070\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T02:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T02:43:10","slug":"capital-transforms-as-thousands-enjoy-dublin-pride-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/522070\/","title":{"rendered":"Capital transforms as thousands enjoy Dublin Pride celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tens of thousands of people have taken part in the annual Dublin Pride parade.<\/p>\n<p>The event, hailed by organisers as the biggest celebration of diversity and inclusion on the island of Ireland, started on O\u2019Connell Street and travelled through the Irish capital\u2019s centre to Merrion Square on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin was among the political leaders who joined the parade and met a number of participants.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08Pride 2026\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re committed to advancing equality, protecting rights, and improving the quality of life for LGBTIQ+ people across Ireland. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NZbYHIFq47\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/NZbYHIFq47<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Government of Ireland (@GovIE) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovIE\/status\/2070867815003811865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He told RT\u00c9 that it was a \u201cwonderful occasion and celebration\u201d for people participating and for the wider community.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Government of Ireland reiterated its commitment to \u201cadvancing equality, protecting rights and improving the quality of life for LGBTIQ+ people across Ireland\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The parade was part of a wider Pride Festival of events, which included entertainment and music.<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tens of thousands of people have taken part in the annual Dublin Pride parade. The event, hailed by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-522070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}