Cllr Paul O'Kane made what we feel is an important announcement whilst on holiday via Twitter.

We were certainly unaware that he was a gay Catholic and pretty sure that it was not a commonly known fact.

We at Newsline wish him well.

Well clearly he should be declaring this at education committee meetings and removing himself from votes involving the Catholic education sector? To not do so would be a conflict of interest.

You can't be expected to be impartial if you are taking directions from specific brand of invisible sky being.

I thought being gay and catholic did not go together.

I never knew he was a Catholic.