Fine Gael’s Coghlan tells of personal struggle to accept gay son

Fine Gael Senator Eamonn Coghlan has said he cried for weeks after his son told him he was gay.

Fine Gael’s Coghlan tells of personal struggle to accept gay son

Fine Gael Senator Eamonn Coghlan has said he cried for weeks after his son told him he was gay.

He was speaking at a Fine Gael LGBT public meeting calling for a Yes vote in the upcoming Marriage Equality referendum.

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