10) Wasn't homosexuality banned in Ireland?


	Homosexual acts were illegal in Ireland up until the summer of
	1993.  The Offences against the Person Act lifted the ban, and
	declared the age of consent to be 17, the same as that for
	acts between heterosexuals.

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