Presidential candidates, from left, Independent candidate Catherine Connolly, Heather Humphreys of Fine Gael and Jim Gavin of Fianna
Fáil at the first televised debate of the 2025 Presidential Election campaign on Virgin Media’s The Tonight Show in Dublin on September
29, 2025. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile. I Maria Steen on how party control and arrogance have turned politics into a closed circle It is two weeks since I exited the presidential race, having received 18 of the 20 nominations required. In that short time, a lot has happened: what could have been a full line up of candidates – as in 2011…
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