ENDA KENNY has urged all the presidential candidates to be “upfront” with the electorate as David Norris again refused to release controversial clemency letters.

DAVID NORRIS has again refused to release clemency letters he wrote for a former partner, saying legal issues prevent him from doing so.

Presidential hopeful David Norris has claimed legal advice is standing in the way of him disclosing controversial clemency letters he wrote for an ex-partner convicted of statutory rape.

THERE were cheers from David Norris’s supporters in Dublin City Hall last night after he secured the last nomination he needed to contest the presidency.

David Norris has been formally selected for the race for the Áras as the seventh and final candidate.

Dana Rosemary Scallon has received her fourth and final nomination from Offaly County Council.

DAVID NORRIS suffered a major setback in his bid to become president when one of the last undeclared Oireachtas members ruled out signing his nomination papers.

ISRAEL moved to destroy David Norris’s presidential campaign, his ex-partner has claimed.

DAVID NORRIS entered stage left for the final command performance of his often precarious presidential campaign.

“FIRSTLY, let me say that I am overwhelmed by the good wishes I have received from the four corners of Ireland.

EMBATTLED David Norris last night insisted he would not resign his Seanad seat despite quitting the presidential race under a cloud.

Senator David Norris has said he did not regret seeking clemency for his former partner convicted of statutory rape as he quit the race for the presidency over the controversy.

Senator David Norris has pulled out of the race for the presidency amid revelations he sought leniency for his ex-partner convicted of statutory rape.

IT has been argued by thousands of human rights protestors, including Trocaire, in recent years that Ezra Nawi is merely a pacifist protestor in the mould of Mahatma Gandhi who has been unfairly prosecuted and convicted by the Israeli courts when he attempted to halt the Israeli Defence Forces demolition of Palestinians’ homes in South Hebron in July 2007.