Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman hits back at 'anonymous far-right Twitter accounts'

Over the weekend, Mr O'Gorman was subject of a number of tweets and Facebook posts calling for him to resign his position.

Roderic O'Gorman, who is openly gay, said in a statement that he had hoped to focus on his new role but could not let the claims about him stand uncorrected. Picture: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability and Integration Roderic O'Gorman has hit out at "anonymous far-right Twitter accounts" which have called for him to resign his position.