The Green Party Lord Mayor of Dublin, Hazel Chu has also been subjected to online attacks around race, said Mr O’Gorman. Mr Tatchell has since claimed the letter was edited and said sex with children was “impossible to condone”. Asked if he knew of the 1997 letter before Pride, the Green Party Minister said he did not. On the age of consent, Mr O’Gorman said he had no plans to bring it down from 17. It’s gone to the ridiculous.”Asked to respond to calls for his resignation because of his association with Mr Tatchell, Mr O’Gorman said he would not respond to individual online posts.

Source: The Irish Times July 06, 2020 09:40 UTC