The Dail's heard calls for May 23rd to be declared a bank holiday - in honour of the referendum on marriage equality.

The call came from one gay man in a letter to Sinn Fein's Padraig Mac Lochlainn, read in the Dáil today.

TDs have been debating laws to give effect to May's referendum and allow full civil marriage for same-sex couples.

In his letter, the man expressed gratitude to all politicians for their work in making the referendum happen: