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VIDEO: The historic moment the Marriage Equality bill was passed into law in Ireland

Published 15:27 22 Oct 2015 BST

Conor Heneghan
VIDEO: The historic moment the Marriage Equality bill was passed into law in Ireland

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A historic day.

Five months after the people of Ireland voted in favour of same-sex marriage, it was officially passed into law in the Seanad today. The announcement was made in front of a relatively small audience earlier this afternoon, but when it was made, it was greeted with rapturous applause. What a moment. https://twitter.com/Jim_Sheridan/status/657195171147337728 All that’s left to be done now is for the President to sign it into law and then October 22, 2015 will go down alongside May 23, 2015 as a momentous day in the history of this country. Well played Ireland.

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VIDEO: The historic moment the Marriage Equality bill was passed into law in Ireland