Fianna Fáil asks councillors to 'do everything they can' to get Jim Gavin elected

Former Dublin Gaelic football manager Jim Gavin speaking to the media after he was announced as the Fianna Fail presidential candidate, at Leinster House in Dublin this Tuesday.

Fianna Fáil will not block its councillors from backing independent presidential candidates, but has asked them to "do everything they can" to get Jim Gavin elected.

The party's Ard Comhairle this evening decided not to whip its councillors in their respective votes at council level, but has given what a senior source said was a "nudge" to work to see the former Dublin GAA boss elected.