1. Colm O'Gorman was born on 15 July 1966 and is an Irish activist and former politician.
13 Facts About Colm O'Gorman
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Colm O'Gorman was the executive director of Amnesty International Ireland from 2008 to 2022.
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Colm O'Gorman is founder and former director of One in Four.
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Colm O'Gorman was a Senator in 2007, representing the Progressive Democrats.
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Sean Colm O'Gorman was a member of Wexford County Council, and later moved with his family to live in Wexford town.
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Colm O'Gorman twice stood unsuccessfully as a Fianna Fail candidate in general elections: in 1969 and 1973.
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Colm O'Gorman is raising two children with his husband Paul, of whom they have joint legal guardianship.
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Colm O'Gorman became the first of Fortune's many victims to come forward and report the assaults to the Irish police.
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Colm O'Gorman documented his lawsuit in the BBC documentary Suing the Pope.
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Colm O'Gorman founded the charity One in Four in London in 1999 and established its sister organisation in Ireland in 2002.
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In 2020, Colm O'Gorman was interviewed as part of the Australian documentary series Revelation.
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Colm O'Gorman was not re-appointed to the 23rd Seanad in July 2007.
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Colm O'Gorman was the executive director of Amnesty International Ireland from 2008 to 2022, and often appears in the media to talk or write about human rights in Ireland and around the world.