Jack Chambers informed of potential issue with ex-tenant hours before Jim Gavin won vote

Fianna Fáil selected Jim Gavin to contest the presidential election on September 9, following a vote of the parliamentary party. He withdrew from the race on October 5. Picture: Conor O'Mearain/PA

A member of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party informed deputy leader Jack Chambers that Jim Gavin may have had an issue with a former tenant hours before he was chosen as the party's presidential election candidate.

Several sources have told the Irish Examiner that this revelation was made to the team overseeing a review of the party’s calamitous presidential election, with documentary evidence provided.