# david-norris - Friday 9 November, 2018
Senator David Norris on the legacy of the Hirschfeld Centre, which burned down.
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# david-norris - Thursday 28 June, 2018
Norris himself ran against Michael D Higgins in the 2011 presidential election.
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# david-norris - Friday 15 June, 2018
# david-norris - Tuesday 12 June, 2018
Ireland officially passed legislation which finally decriminalised homosexuality on 24 June 1993.
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# david-norris - Wednesday 3 January, 2018
Because who doesn’t love a good snoop?
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# david-norris - Wednesday 28 June, 2017
Speaking about his new Housing Co-op Bill, Norris said people appear to have forgotten that “eviction” is a dirty word in Ireland.
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# david-norris - Friday 30 December, 2016
In battling David Norris’ claims that Irish homosexuality laws were in breach of his human rights, the government was considering all kinds of defences.
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# david-norris - Saturday 25 June, 2016
We visited the LGBTA campaigner on the eve of the Pride festival.
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# david-norris - Friday 11 December, 2015
The independent senator said alcohol had now become “a human right” in Ireland.
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# david-norris - Thursday 22 October, 2015
The independent senator has sought to clarify remarks he made in the Seanad on Tuesday.
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# david-norris - Tuesday 20 October, 2015
“It wouldn’t take a feather out of me if two cousin married each other. What’s the problem with that. Really?”
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# david-norris - Monday 28 September, 2015
Dr Tom Clonan, a security analyst and former army captain, is running for the Seanad.
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# david-norris - Monday 7 September, 2015
Norris is suing Porter over a joke he made two years ago.
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# david-norris - Monday 20 July, 2015
“Rein her in there”.
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# david-norris - Wednesday 8 July, 2015
# david-norris - Tuesday 16 June, 2015
“If you’re bored or confused, forget about it, move on.”
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This is going to be one LIVELY conversation.
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# david-norris - Saturday 23 May, 2015
The independent senator was the toast of the courtyard.
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# david-norris - Thursday 14 May, 2015
The wearing of pins and badges in Leinster House has become a hot topic in recent days.
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# david-norris - Wednesday 13 May, 2015
The independent senator came on the plinth to dismiss No side claims about funding to groups campaigning for a Yes vote.
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# david-norris - Sunday 1 February, 2015
The debate about sexism in Irish politics has been reignited by Michael Lowry and his controversial note this week.
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# david-norris - Monday 19 January, 2015
Meanwhile, one of Fine Gael’s more conservative TDs says she appreciates the move will be consoling to young people who are gay.
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# david-norris - Tuesday 25 November, 2014
“What I have seen has absolutely horrified me.”
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# david-norris - Wednesday 5 November, 2014
The upper house was suspended three times this afternoon. Here’s what happened….
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# david-norris - Friday 10 October, 2014
It was a lively discussion to say the least…
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# david-norris - Friday 19 September, 2014
The plot thickens…
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# david-norris - Wednesday 3 September, 2014
Expect some very pointed questions…
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# david-norris - Thursday 31 July, 2014
“If we expelled every ambassador from Dublin for alleged human rights abuses there would be very few CD-plated registered cars around our city.”
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# david-norris - Wednesday 19 February, 2014
A visit from Pope Francis to Ireland would begin the healing process, says Senator David Norris who tabled the motion.
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During his two minutes speaking time last night, David Norris claimed there is homophobia present in the upper house.
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# david-norris - Tuesday 4 February, 2014
Senator David Norris calls for debate on the issue in the Seanad while MEP Paul Murphy brings up the Irish row in Strasbourg.
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# david-norris - Sunday 29 December, 2013
Everything from Miley Cyrus to Downton Abbey has been raised in the Dáil and Seanad chambers down the years…
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# david-norris - Thursday 26 December, 2013
All the best shouting, attention seeking and scandal caught on camera.
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# david-norris - Saturday 26 October, 2013
Plus: How much money has the HSE spent so far this year?
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# david-norris - Tuesday 22 October, 2013
The senator has given his 40-year-old beard the chop in aid of cancer charities.
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# david-norris - Monday 21 October, 2013
The Senator will shave his beard off for charity on the Ray D’Arcy show tomorrow morning.
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# david-norris - Tuesday 8 October, 2013
On the first day back after the referendum result, David Norris has already hit out at the idea that senators should not be paid.
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# david-norris - Sunday 6 October, 2013
From the Justice Minister’s laughing fit, to Jim Walsh’s controversial comments on abortion. Say what you like about the chamber’s effectiveness; so far the current crop of senators have been anything but boring.
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It’s existence now secure after Friday’s referendum, TheJournal.ie takes a look back at some interesting moments from the history of the upper chamber…
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# david-norris - Saturday 5 October, 2013
Mostly sunny
Max: 11 °C
Min: 6 °C
Clouds and sun, a shower in the p.m.
Max: 9 °C
Min: 5 °C
