I am no trophy candidate: O’Gorman

NEWLY-minted Progressive Democrat Colm O’Gorman yesterday insisted he wasn’t a “trophy candidate” for the party.

The founder and director of the One-in-Four organisation, which supports victims of sexual abuse, announced at a press conference in PD headquarters in Dublin that he would stand for the party at the next general election in his native Wexford.

The announcement was seen as a major coup for the junior Government partner, given Mr O’Gorman’s record as a campaigner and commentator.