Sweeping political changes in Ireland have seen the country elect it’s first openly gay, TD - which is ‘Teachta Dála’ the Irish parliament equivalent of an MP.
Dominic Hannigan, is a Labour man and was one of three TDs elected to the seat of Meath East during elections this weekend.
The former civil engineer was elected as a Seanad Éireann senator on the Industrial and Commercial panel in 2007.
In 2006, while a county councillor, he marched with his partner in the Dublin Pride march. Ireland has had openly gay senators in the past and may have its first gay president this year, if polls prove correct. Senator David Norris, 66, is an independent senator known for his campaigning on gay rights. The most recent polls put him in the lead in the race to succeed current president Mary MacAleese in the autumn.
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