Dublin Pride in pictures as tens of thousands attend parade
Over 100,000 attended Saturday's Dublin Pride parade along the streets of the capital.
This year's grand marshall was ShoutOut's executive director Ruadhan O'Criordain while the Pride village main stage was hosted by Phil T Gorgeous and Paul Ryder.
RTÉ reports organisers saying 12,500 people marched in the annual parade, while Dublin City Council said around 100,000 people were set to attend.
The parade began at 12:30pm and lasted about two hours.
Beginning at O'Connell Street, the rows of LGBTQ+ supporters marched to Eden Quay, Custom House Quay, Talbot Memorial Bridge, City Quay, Lombard Street, Westland Row, and finished up at the pride festival at Merrion Street Lower.
Check out our photo story from the parade below.
People take part in the Dublin Pride parade through the city centre (Image: Damien Eagers/PA Wire) 1 of 12
Chloe Daly, 9 and Adeline Boles, 10 on the Irish Red Cross train which was taking part in this year's Dublin Pride March (Image: Tony Gavin) 2 of 12
Arthur Gourounlian takes part in the Dublin Pride parade through the city centre (Image: Damien Eagers/PA Wire) 3 of 12
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