McAleese gets campaign underway

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese’s campaign team will seek individual and corporate donations to raise funding for the possible presidential election.

President McAleese can spend up to E1.3 million, but she has personally indicated to aides that she does not want to see her election expenditure reaching anywhere near that amount.

Today, Mrs McAleese's campaign headquarters will open and official planning for the prospective election on October 22 will begin.