The wet weather failed to dampen celebrations at Dublin's 50th Pride march this afternoon.

Participants marched from O'Connell Street at noon to Merrion Square, where there were several celebrations of LGBTQ+ culture.

Barbra Streisand - historically a queer icon - famously sang 'Don't Rain on My Parade' - but members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies were not deterred by today's wet weather.

The 50th Dublin LGBTQ+ Parade makes its way down Westland Row, Dublin, today. Photo: Eamonn Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

This year marked 50 years since Dublin's first Pride march, organised by the Sexual Liberation Movement in 1974.

One of the original organisers Micheál Kerrigan told Newstalk he recalls it was a "very surreal moment" in June 1974, with only eight people attending the march on Merrion Row.

"But I thought we just had to do it," he said. "You have to start somewhere.

"The pendulum of progress can swing and change."

This year, more than 400 young people from LGBTQ+ organisation BelongTo were chosen as Grand Marshall for the parade.

The 50th Dublin Gay LGBTQ+ Parade makes its way down Westland Row, Dublin, today. Photo: Eamonn Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

Trans Pride Dublin centred their march around the ongoing conflict in Palestine, saying there is "No Pride in Genocide".

Members waved the Palestinian flags and carried signs reading ‘Queers for Palestine’ and ‘No Pride for some without liberation for all’. 

Ahead of the march, Trans Pride Dublin said people must “stand against fascism, racism and the corporatisation of Pride”. 

Trans Pride Dublin at the 2024 Dublin Pride parade. Image: Eamonn Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

Pro-Palestine protestors at Dublin Pride, Image: Eamonn Farrell/© RollingNews.ie

Members of the Reach Out Network, the HSE's national staff network for LGBTQ plus staff and allies were among those marching in Dublin’s annual Pride parade today.

Members of the Reach Out Network, the HSE's national staff network for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) staff and allies took part in Dublin's annual Pride parade, 29/06/2024. Photo Leah Farrell/Photocall Ireland.

People also took the opportunity to protest other causes - such as people showing solidarity with Natasha O'Brien, who was assaulted by soldier Cathal Crotty after asking him not to repeat a homophobic slur.

The 50th Dublin Gay LGBTQ+ Parade in Merrion Square, Dublin, today. Photo: Eamonn Farrell/© RollingNews.ie