Supreme Court judgment against David Norris ‘one of the worst’, says Catherine McGuinness

Former Supreme Court judge Catherine McGuinness has said the 1983 judgement of that court against David Norris was “one of the worst” in its history.

Speaking at an event in Dublin, Judge McGuinness, a leading figure in the recent yes campaign in the abortion referendum, said she agreed with recent criticism of the judgement on homosexuality.

The Supreme Court in 1983 delivered a majority three-two decision in the case in which Mr Norris, then a lecturer in Trinity, claimed the criminalisation of homosexuality infringed on his human rights.