Irish Senator David Norris | Seanad Éireann | Human & Civil Rights Activist

Seanad Debates Through the Decades

My debate "Statements on the European Court of Human Rights Judgment, 12 December 1990" has been chosen to represent the 1990s

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

Photographs: Courtesy of John Ohle - @jmac.photography_

LGBT Community Supporter - All Irish people are treated with dignity

David is ahead for the fight for LGBT Community and human rights in Ireland

Irish Senate Reform

Seanad 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

Senator David Norris is an LGBT community supporter, a lecturer at Trinity College Dublin and works at Seanad Éireann. He fights for educational reform, human rights, and immigration laws in Ireland.

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Our achievements

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

Photo gallery

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Seanad Clips

Video clips with David Norris participation at the Seanad.

Newsletters

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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.