'Movement growing around' Catherine Connolly at presidential campaign launch

Ms Connolly is expected to lodge her nomination papers on Tuesday afternoon. Mary Lou McDonald, Holly Cairns, Paul Murphy, and Marie Sherlock all delivered speeches at the launch

Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly formally launches her presidential election campaign at The Complex, Smithfield in Dublin. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Catherine Connolly has said her presidential campaign is a “movement” to prevent Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael getting a “gift on a plate”.

The Galway West TD formally launched her campaign in The Complex in Smithfield, Dublin, on Monday evening.