Irish town terminates twinning agreement with Poland over 'LGBT-free' zones
euronews.comissued a statement on social media."In Ireland, we have seen real progress on social issues in recent years including marriage equality," said Saoirse Mackin, chair of Social Democrats’ Cork East faction."Therefore, as a society, we are empowered to take a firm stance against the discrimination and erasure of the LGBT+ community."Ian O’Ceallaigh, co-vice chair, added that Fermoy's twinning with Nowa Dęba is "clearly untenable" and said the party was "glad" that Fermoy's twinning committee had terminated the agreement between the two municipalities.Fermoy had initially pushed to suspend ties with Poland in March, after 14 years of being twinned, but the decision was delayed for several months.Nowa Dęba was one of 80 municipalities in Poland.
