Independent Ireland TDs Urge Voters Not to Spoil Ballot and Hint They Will Back Catherine Connolly

Independent Ireland TDs urge voters not to spoil ballot and hint they will back Catherine Connolly

Party leader Michael Collins said they will make a formal decision on which candidate they are backing ahead of 24 October.

Mandate Endorses Catherine Connolly for President of Ireland

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of Mandate Trade Union – which represents over 20,000 bar and retail workers across the country – at its meeting yesterday (Sunday, 5 October) decided to endorse Catherine Connolly’s candidature for President of Ireland. In making its decision, the NEC cited Ms Connolly’s consistently supportive stance on collective bargaining and workers’ rights. In this context, the NEC noted that Catherine Connolly was t…