Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
The Irish Times
Election Daily: Is it all over bar the shouting for Heather Humphreys?
24 minutes Posted Oct 17, 2025 at 2:08 pm.
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With Catherine Connolly showing an unprecedented lead for a presidential candidate one week out from polling day, could her campaign only be derailed by something extraordinary at this stage?


Cormac McQuinn and Harry McGee join Hugh Linehan to discuss Connolly’s seemingly unassailable lead, the repetitive nature of recent debates, and with posters for Connolly and even Jim Gavin outnumbering Humphreys in some Dublin Fine Gael strongholds, could the party be accused of adopting a low energy approach to this campaign?

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