'For us one of our biggest months of the year, coming together as a community to support everybody. Inspector Gavin Hegarty, from Waterford Garda Station, said it was important for gardaí to show their support for the event. 'We really think of the LGBT people across Waterford who wouldn't be able to stand here and be proud and we want this to be a really clear message that LGBT people are part of communities in Waterford.' 'Being able to be visible in the face of hate is a really important thing to do because we get knocked down but we stand back up,' said Debbie O'Rourke, from the Pride of the Déise group. Meanwhile, people gathered today for the reraising of Pride flags outside Waterford City and County Council's buildings at the Mall, where activists, politicians, and gardaí saw the flag held aloft again. Pride flags fly at council building again The incident came at the end of Waterford's Pride of the Déise weekend for the LGBTQ+ community.
Gardaí had been investigating the incident where a number of Pride flags were taken down and set alight at the Mall, Waterford City, in the early hours of Monday last.
