Minister accepts apology from John Connors over ‘wrong and unfair’ online abuse

Roderic O’Gorman (right) said that Dublin Pride was “the first and only time” he had met Peter Tatchell, who has attracted criticism over a 1997 letter he wrote to the Guardian newspaper about under-age sex.

Roderic O’Gorman has accepted an apology from actor John Connors after he took part in a social media campaign linking the Children’s Minister to views purporting to condone paedophilia.

Mr O’Gorman was subjected to online abuse stoked by “far-right” Twitter accounts which re-posted a photo of him with British human rights and LGBT activist Peter Tatchell at Dublin Pride in 2018.