Watch: Panti Delivers Powerful Speech At Abbey Theatre

The moving and compelling speech came in the wake of viewer complaints, RTÉ payouts and a large-scale Dublin city centre protest organised by LGBT Noise.

Cover Story 3 February, 2014. Written by Jane Casey.

Panti during her speech at the Abbey Theatre

On Saturday night, Rory O’Neill aka Panti Bliss took to the stage of the Abbey Theatre to deliver a powerful and emotionally charged speech about homophobia in modern Ireland.

O’Neill talks about feeling oppressed as a gay man, his Saturday Night Show experience, and the subsequent apology and payout issued by RTE.

The speech came after a performance of James Plunkett’s 1913 Lockout drama The Risen People.

Following the speech, Panti was given a well-deserved standing ovation.

Watch here.

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