Presidency race is no walk in the park

Drama and dirty tricks are par for the course in the battle for the Áras, writes Political Correspondent Mary Regan

IRISH presidential elections are not for the faint hearted. There have been two in the past 38 years and both were dominated by smear campaigns, dirty tricks, personal attacks and the digging up of the pasts of number of candidates.

Poll topper Davis Norris bowed out of this year’s campaign when letters he had written 15 years ago seeking leniency for his ex-partner in sentencing for statutory rape resurfaced.