Presidential race: How Jim Gavin won the right to run for Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach Micheál Martin looks on as former Dublin Gaelic football manager Jim Gavin speaks to the media outside Leinster House after he was declared Fianna Fáil's candidate for the presidential election. Picture: Niall Carson/PA
As members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party grumbled through the Dáil recess about the lack of a presidential candidate, the man who would become their candidate was involved in deep conversations behind the scenes.
Jim Gavin, the former manager of the Dublin football team, was meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Fianna Fáil’s deputy leader, Jack Chambers.
