Higgins declines to pressure Norris

LABOUR presidential candidate Michael D Higgins refused to call on his rival David Norris to put controversial clemency letters into the public domain.

As he formally launched his election campaign yesterday, Mr Higgins did not want to discuss other candidates.

“I’m not the person to ask him questions I think he will probably be asked,” he said when questioned on whether Mr Norris should publish letters written on behalf of his former lover.