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Candidates set for final debate in Presidential Election
The final televised debate featured a sharp exchange over past legal work, foreign policy, and social issues as polls show a commanding lead for Connolly among voters.
- On Tuesday evening, RTÉ's Prime Time hosted a head-to-head between Independent candidate Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys, Fine Gael candidate, moderated by Miriam O'Callaghan and Sarah McInerney at RTÉ studios, Donnybrook, Dublin.
- With just two candidates on air, Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys face off while Jim Gavin, Fianna Fáil candidate, remains on some ballot papers and 18% of voters are undecided before Friday.
- Earlier this year, Connolly confirmed she had represented credit institutions and spent 3,700 on a Syria trip where she met Fares Al-Shehab.
- At the close, both candidates said they regretted Covid-era restrictions that kept relatives from holding dying loved ones, and Heather Humphreys apologised to Lucia O'Farrell and the O'Farrell family.
- Three opinion polls indicate Catherine Connolly leads while 49% say neither candidate represents them, leaving 3,612,957 presidential electors to decide on Friday.
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der Standard DELeft candidate Catherine Connolly leads the polls in Ireland with a clear lead over Liberal Conservative Heather Humphreys
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Humphreys and Connolly make pitch to voters in final presidential TV debate
Voters go to the polls on Friday to elect the next president of Ireland.
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