‘He’s a sportsman first of all — they’re all stars, not porn stars!’

Joycean scholar, gay rights advocate and broadcaster, David Norris became a national treasure some time ago. In the wake of Donal Óg Cusack’s revelations last week, he spoke to Michael Moynihan about his own secret life within the GAA.

A NOISY afternoon in the Dáil visitors bar, and David Norris is fending off the visitors.

The Trinity College Senator is buttonholed a dozen times between the bar counter and his seat, mostly by middle-aged women keen to see the Senate continue to exist despite its suggested abolition.