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Supporters Cheer Ireland's Most Prominent Gay Rights Campainger

Same-sex marriage supporters cheers Senator David Norris, Ireland’s most prominent gay rights campaigner, as they awaited the official declaration of results in the country’s marriage referendum. Ireland is set to become the first country to introduce same-sex marriage on the back of a popular vote.

Here, Norris waves to a crowd gathered at Dublin Castle on Saturday. Norris led the campaign that led to the decriminalisation of homosexual act in Ireland in 1993. Credit: Twitter / Senator David Norris