Norris writes to supporters as fresh controversy erupts
Mr Norris pleaded with people to judge him on his deeds and record in the Seanad rather than a handful of “sensational newspaper headlines”.
It came after the Daily Mail reprinted extracts from an interview which he gave to the paper last year in which he defended the classical Greek idea of pederasty, called for the legislation of drugs and prostitution, and said there should be a principle, rather than an age, of consent.
