iphone image- Reflections in the River Lee. Cork City Hall lit up in the colours of the rainbow as Cork City Council and the Cork LGBTI+ Inter-Agency host the Global RainbowCities Network Policy Conference in Cork from 17th-19th January 2023. (CITY COUNCIL PR - The Global Rainbow Cities Network Policy Conference theme is Combatting Hate Crime towards LGBTI+ Communities. The keynote address will be delivered by Luna Lara Liboni, Policy Officer (Equality and Hate Crime) Irish Council of Civil Liberties and Chair of the Coalition Against Hate Crime, Ireland. Millions of people across the globe are still subjected to violence and hate on the grounds of their LGBTI identities. Despite some progress, many countries and cities struggle to secure LGBTI rights. The Rainbow Cities Network and Cork City’s contribution to it, offers a collective and collaborative approach to combatting hate, discrimination, and inequality) Pic: Larry Cummins