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By Eoghan Dalton
Members of Waterford’s LGBT+ community are calling for greater services for adults in the city.
It comes as a fundraiser for a so-called ‘Gay Cafe’ for Waterford has raised almost €10,000 in recent days, with it promising to be a space to help people accept “their sexuality a lot sooner” than otherwise.
The proposal has been welcomed by a number of the Déise’s own LGBT+ community as there are no designated spaces for people beyond the age of 18.
Alana Daly Mulligan views Waterford as safe but has been “spat at” in venues with her partner, and sees the provision of such a “visible space” as important.
13,000 signature petition delivered to Barry’s Tea in bid to end company s plastic use
Michelle Byrne and Alex Barton of Uplift. Picture: Alanna Daly Mulligan
Tue, 15 Dec, 2020 - 17:15
Greg Murphy
A campaign group has delivered a petition with 13,000 signatures to Barry’s Tea HQ in Cork after the group claims the company have “not met their promises” to remove plastic from their teabags.
Uplift, the campaign group, also brought along a giant mug made of cardboard, filled with plastic to highlight their cause.
According to a statement issued by the group, “teabags produced by Barry’s are sealed with a petroleum-based plastic called polypropylene and don’t decompose.”