Four men and two women are in the mix for next month’s presidential election. Rebecca Black looks at their lives and careers as they embark on their election campaigns Michael D Higgins.

Almost €50,000 was paid in expenses to four directors of the country’s science funding agency to attend board and committee meetings last year.

The Government must and will act to bring our capital gains tax (CGT) policy — which is one of the worst in the world — more in line with that of "civilised countries", according to one of the country’s most successful businessmen.

Some of the country’s most successful entrepreneurs will address students and the wider community at Innov8 Week at UCC.

Here are the current four candidates with enough support to stand in the Pesidential election on October 27: