Norris: References to boys and sexual activity taken out of context

PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Senator David Norris has said references to sexual activity with young men or boys attributed to him in an article almost 10 years ago were “misleading” and “taken out of context”.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Liveline programme yesterday, Helen Lucy Burke, who interviewed Mr Norris for Magill magazine in January 2002, questioned his suitability for the presidency as a result of the “startling” views she said he expressed to her in the interview.

In the interview Mr Norris was quoted on his opinion on sexual activity in a historical context.