Love him or loathe him, you can’t ignore the Justice Minister

I DIDN’T even know that there was a gay film festival in Dublin until this week. The first I heard of the event was a full-page article given to it by the Irish Times on Monday.

The reason for the article was because the film festival organisers invited Justice Minister Michael McDowell to open the festival and this has caused great controversy within the gay community.

Apparently, he is as divisive there as he is everywhere else.