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13th February 2015
02:58pm GMT

“I said that if I got the opportunity – I said it to myself, I didn’t say it to anybody else – that maybe my perspective might be helpful to people of my age.
He continued by saying that he believes there are “lots of men – and indeed women – of my generation who had the same difficulty that I had in terms of trying to come to terms with how you articulate your gender issues".
“I also tried to deliberately stay out of public comment over the last few years and I don’t intend to enter it now really other than to say that if my experience or something like it can help others who might have difficulties or it might give another perspective to the referendum campaign then [I’ll bring] whatever authority I can to it.
“To be honest,” he reflected. “I think this referendum will be won by the mothers of Ireland."Explore more on these topics: