Gay men may be pardoned for criminal proceedings brought against them before homosexuality decriminalised in Ireland
The total number of men convicted was 941, the records show, however, the number of “crimes” reported or known was much higher, at 2,120.
Correspondence released under FOI contained suggestions that the men should be entitled to an apology and a form of redress from the State, due to the “social ostracisation, loss of employment, forced migration and forced psychiatric treatment” inflicted upon them at the time. Convictions were most common up to and throughout the 1970s. As a result, some of the pardons would have to be given posthumously.
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