TV3’s Ursula Halligan hopes it’s not too late to find love

TV3 political editor Ursula Halligan has said that, after going public about her sexuality, she now hopes to be able to meet the right person and get married.

The 54-year-old admitted that, before the referendum on marriage equality was announced, she had been resigned to going to her grave with her sexuality a secret. However, the referendum has spurred her to go public.

“I was surrounded by debate about the issues,” she told Today FM’s Anton Savage Show. “I found myself getting angry listening to debates and I was taking it very personally when I was looking up at the posters. You feel it is directed at you, because it is about my life. The referendum forced me to face the issue head-on. I realised I could not sit on the fence. It was just too personal.”