Norris urged to publish leniency letters

DAVID NORRIS was immediately challenged last night to publish clemency letters written for a former partner and spell out clearly his views on the age of consent after he secured entry into the presidential race.

A jubilant Mr Norris said he was “delighted, honoured and indeed humbled” after securing a nomination from Dublin City Council, giving him the fourth such nomination required to get his name on the ballot paper.

Speaking in Dublin City Hall shortly after the vote, he referenced a portrait on the walls and said: “Daniel O’Connell at one time was the king of the Irish people, another time he was reviled, and yet he came through…