A 'Vote Yes' marriage equality campaigner in Dublin earlier this year. Credit: Demotix/Robin English.
Less than a year ago, Ireland was the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote.
This spring, Irish voters will return to the polls to vote in a General Election and the current government partners — centrist Fine Gael and putatively centre-left Labour — will need to defend the last five years of deep austerity policies. The timing of this election suggests that pinkwashing will be one of the country’s hottest trends for 2016.
