Gay, proud and ready for a joyful Taoiseach

At the end of an awesome week which has shaken me to my mortal foundations I have to be brave today and I summon up all my courage to finally come out publicly after all those hidden years.

Yes, I come out before all of you and confess that I attended the Gay Bachelor festival in Ballybunion some 40 shameful years ago, not just once or twice, but three times and during those wild days in The Kingdom I was, in the idiom of that era, as gay as a gander. It is extremely difficult for me to confess to this truth.

There is more than that to my pain and shame and suffering today.