Dublin Pride Festival is celebrating its 25th year with a theme of "Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride". It begins on Friday June 13^th comes to its climax on Saturday June 21^st.

With it's infamous explosion of colour transforming the streets of Dublin, this year's festival will be celebrating the city's 25^th Pride parade while highlighting the desire for further recognition regarding LGBTQ partnership rights.

The anniversary not only commemorates the Stonewall Riots of New York 1969, but marks the important changes which have taken place in gay life over the past 25 years and the positive attitudes of Ireland and Dublin toward the gay community. Dublin Pride Ltd have planned a ten day festival of family fun that the entire city can be proud of.

'I am proud to be Lord Mayor of a city, which this year celebrates our 25^th Dublin Pride Parade. Every year our Pride festival infuses Dublin with colour and atmosphere unique to our gay community and I am thoroughly looking forward to June as I'm sure Pride 08 will be one to remember'. - Lord Mayor of Dublin Paddy Bourke.

Dublin Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Pride Ltd was established in December of 2006 for the purposes of organising the Dublin Pride festival. Dublin Pride is a company limited by guarantee run as a not for profit organisation. This year Dublin Pride Ltd aim to increase awareness of the lack of partnership rights in the LGBTQ community, while celebrating the city's 25th Pride parade.

This year's festival starts on the 13^th June, and culminates in the Dublin Pride Parade on the 21^st of June, marking the anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York. Dublin Pride Ltd fully support Marriage Equality in their drive for government legislative action for partnership rights.