For hundreds of years ladyboys have been an integral and accepted  part of the national heritage in Thailand, the fascinating cabaret makes a stop in Dublin. Click Here for more on this story

Residence permit delayed after man's sex change

The first case seeking to establish the validity of a marriage involving a man who has undergone a sex change is likely to come before the Irish courts as a result of an immigration procedure. Mr Krivenko is a Russian citizen, and lived as a woman with his German female partner in Austria before moving to Ireland, where they set up a food-exporting business. On that basis he sought a residence permit. A temporary permit was issued but not renewed. Click here for more on this story. Click here for a news article in Irish Times.