Could Ireland be on course for it's first gay president?

Well according to a poll by bookmaker Paddy Power, a survey of 1000 people seems to think so! Senator David Norris, who is an LGBT rights activist and was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in Ireland, led the poll with 27% of the vote.

You can read more about the poll results here, and if your unfamiliar with Senator Norris then you can catch his bio over at Wikipedia here.