Norris dismisses questions about clemency letters

EMBATTLED Senator David Norris shrugged off continued questioning about clemency letters for his former partner and insisted that voters had moved on from the issue.

Ahead of a TV debate among the presidential hopefuls last night, Mr Norris also claimed he had been “muzzled” by RTÉ with restrictions on his interview time.

He said he was being restricted on the Late Late Show as he was not being interviewed individually, as other candidates were, on the programme. RTÉ said the Independent candidate had already been interviewed alone on a recent show with host Ryan Tubridy, but that Mr Norris would be included in the seven-way debate with all candidates last night.