4th edition published by Quay Coop in 1990, Donal Sheehan was editor. I wrote the article on lesbian and gay issues and what is surprising now is that I wrote that in February 1990 an opinion poll found that only 30% favoured a change in 'the law governing homosexual relationships', 48% did not, and 21% were in the category 'no opinion/do not know'. Strikingly, 3 years later a radical gay law reform was introduced to wide public acclaim.