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Unveiling Senator David Norris’s portrait in Leinster House, November 2021

Photographs: Courtesy of John Ohle - @jmac.photography_

Ensure that all Irish people are treated with dignity

David is ahead for the fight for human rights

Christmas Greetings

and a Happy 2021

Senate Reform

inclusion and equity needed …

Nov 2020 thoughts

Senator David Norris

Dedicated to all my activities as a representative of the graduates of Trinity College Dublin in the Seanad and on the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Irish Parliament.

Career and Achievements

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Human rights issues, Immigration matters, Seanad reform and more.

Photo gallery

Take a look at David Norris greatest moments

Seanad Clips

Video clips with David Norris participation at the Seanad.

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Meet David

Norris is a former university lecturer and a member of the Oireachtas, serving in Seanad Éireann since 1987. He was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in Ireland. A founder of the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform, he is also a prominent member of the Church of Ireland.