Senator David Norris

A handy checklist for the forum.  Print out and keep in your wallet ready consultation.

Consanguinity – blood relationships

A man ( or lesbian) may not marry his/her:

Grandmother
Mother
Father’s sister (aunt)
Mother’s sister (aunt)
Sister
Father’s Daughter (half sister)
Mother’s Daughter (half sister)
Daughter
Son’s Daughter (granddaughter)
Daughter’s Daughter (granddaughter)
Brother’s Daughter (niece)
Sister’s Daughter (niece)

A woman (or gayer) may not marry her/his:

Grandfather
Father.
Father’s Brother (uncle)
Mother’s Brother (uncle)
Brother
Father’s Son (half brother)
Mother’s Son (half brother)
Son
Son’s Son (grandson)
Daughter’s Son (grandson)
Brother’s Son (nephew)
Sister’s Son (nephew)

Affinity – relationship by marriage

A man/lesbian may not marry his/her:

Grandfather’s Wife (step-grandmother)
Father’s Wife (stepmother)
Father’s Brother’s Wife
Mother’s Brother’s Wife
Son’s Wife
Son’s Son’s Wife
Daughter’s Son’s Wife
Brother’s Son’s Wife
Sister’s Son’s Wife
Wife’s grandmother (grandmother-in-law)
Wife’s Mother (mother-in-law)
Wife’s Father’s Sister
Wife’s Mother’s Sister
Wife’s Daughter (stepdaughter)
Wife’s Son’s Daughter
Wife’s Daughter’s Daughter
Wife’s Brother’s Daughter
Wife’s Sister’s Daughter

A woman/gayer may not marry her/his:

Grandmother’s Husband (step-grandfather)
Mother’s Husband (stepfather)
Father’s Sister’s Husband
Mother’s Sister’s Husband
Daughter’s Husband
Son’s Daughter’s Husband
Daughter’s Daughter’s Husband
Brother’s Daughter’s Husband
Sister’s Daughter’s Husband
Husband’s Grandfather (grandfather-in-law)
Husband’s Father (father-in-law)
Husband’s Father’s Brother
Husband’s Mother’s Brother
Husband’s Son (stepson)
Husband’s Son’s Son
Husband’s Daughter’s Son
Husband’s Brother’s Son
Husband’s Sister’s Son

N.B There is no legal restriction on the marriage of first cousins.

newapproach, my Swedish mates (pictured) (not related, as far as I know) were thinking of renewing their vows somewhere in Kerry next Summer.

Could you recommend a suitable venue?  Was wondering about the Park Hotel, Kenmare.  Would yer man Francis Brennan be down with that kind of thing iyo?

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I'm not questioning the legality of it, just the morality and wisdom of it. It can have terrible consequences for the offspring. It is no suprise to see the great senator encouraging it though considering he has previously defended paedophiles and rapists by useing his political position.

Send them to lovely Tralee, the capital of the county.

Didn't the football manager Ian Holloway marry his cousin?

he does seem like a bit of a pikey to be fair

Rudy Guiliani
Lizzie Windsor
Kevin Bacon
Edgar Allen Poe
Jesse James
Jerry Lee Lewis
Einstein
Thomas Jefferson
F D Roosavelt
HG Wells
Charles Darwin
Bach
Saddam Hussein

A rather illustrious list of those who have married their cousins.

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Gosh lads ,how dare you tanish Ozy beloved .

Norris used Seanad headed paper pleading for clemency for former partner Ezra Yihzak Nawi who was convicted of having underage sex with a Palestinian boy in 1992.

That great liberal, Una Mullally along with a few others were quick to jump ship from his presidential campaign when that revelation came to light.
His interview with Helen Burke also had a catastrophic implication on his job prospects in the Aras.

Thank God the mask slipped when it did , otherwise we'd have taken ALL the Syrian refugees if he'd gotten into office...

Neill is that true about Holloway? Probably explains why he has 3 deaf children

My pal told me that Chelts but when I went to check online I couldn't find anywhere confirming it. Yer man says it is the truth though (he lived in the North of England for a few years), and that it probably does explain the deafness, but it isn't played upon by the press because no.1 it is probably off-limits, and no.2 Holloway is pretty well-liked in the media, very quotable and a nice guy.

That great liberal, Una Mullally along with a few others were quick to jump ship from his presidential campaign when that revelation came to light.
His interview with Helen Burke also had a catastrophic implication on his job prospects in the Aras.

The Irish Times is a rag thats akin to the beano now a days. They should rename it the Irish Troll as it is filled with "Opinion pieces" that are nothing but click bait articles in order to troll readers into clicking on it and increasing the websites web traffic figures...thus increasing ad revenue.

If the despicable Norris was elected president there would have been a deluge of teenage male Syrians getting asylum after a trip to the Phoenix Park.

Let them marry their pets if they like because they can argue with their logic but all know a marriage is between a man and a woman,all this other stuff is just hedonistic role playing.