Irish presidential election candidates confirmed as three-way race begins
Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys, Fianna Fáil’s Jim Gavin and leftwing independent Catherine Connolly in running for job
A former government minister, a former sports coach and an independent leftwing politician are to contest Ireland’s presidential election.
The three-way race was confirmed on Wednesday when the nomination window closed without any political outsiders getting on the ballot.