Members of Michael Collins’ family have strongly dismissed claims by Senator David Norris that the Irish rebel leader was gay.

Former Irish presidential candidate, David Norris, has claimed that revolutionary leader Michael Collins may have been a homosexual.

Senator David Norris has revealed how he was ‘conned’ into releasing the letter that cost him any chance of winning the Presidential election last year.

We have been informed by David Norris that statements made in the Irish Sun newspaper that we reprinted were incorrect and defamatory in Irish law.

Senator David Norris, the Irish politician who was involved in a controversial run for the presidency last year, is now back in the news for the non-payment of some $40,000 in campaign debt.
 
PR company Paul Allen and Associates Public Relations is trying to recoup the fees it says is due to them for their services provided during Norris’ run.
 
The firm has received two-thirds of what is due, but the remaining amount is still unpaid.
 
“It is on public record that there is money outstanding which is owed to my firm,” said Paul Allen, according the Irish Independent.
 
"It is up to Mr. Norris to explain exactly why it hasn't been paid; you'll need to talk to him."
 
Liam McCabe, who managed the Norris campaign, told the Irish Independent that he no longer was involved in the affair.
 
"I don't mean to be rude but my function is over, as the campaign is over."
 
Norris confirmed to the Independent that the issue was now in the hands of his legal representatives.
 
"Yes, there is an issue and the court records will reflect it. I'm sorry I have nothing else to say."
 
Norris’ campaign was riddled with controversy.  An early frontrunner, his campaign took a turn when an interview unearthed from the early 2000s featured Norris making controversial comments about pederasty.

As Michael D Higgins prepares for his inauguration, we saw the Presidential election fundamentally change the Irish media.

After possibly one of the most controversial election races in Irish history, voters will go to the polls this coming Thursday October 27, to elect the ninth president of Ireland.

Fine Gael’s presidential candidate Gay Mitchell has said he would join the British Commonwealth in exchange for a United Ireland.

The Labor Part's Michael D. Higgins is now leading the race of Irish presidential hopefuls, while competing candidates Gay Mitchell and Senator David Norris have lost or failed to garner support.

Martin McGuinness, Michael D Higgins and Sean Gallagher are the big winners in the latest Presidential election opinion poll – with David Norris and Fine Gael’s Gay Mitchell the biggest losers as their support plummets.

Presidential candidate, David Norris had a six month relationship with a former pupil, a new book about the independent senator claims.

Presidential election candidate David Norris is at the centre of another storm – this time over a disability allowance paid by Trinity College while he was employed as a full-time Senator in the upper house of the Irish parliament.

And then there were seven – nominations closed for the election to choose the next President of Ireland at lunchtime on Wednesday with the largest field on record officially in the running.