Race for the Áras: Candidates grilled on vision for presidency as contest begins in earnest

The election will take place on October 24

The three candidates for the presidential election: Catherine Connolly, Jim Gavin, and Heather Humphreys.

The three candidates vying to become the next president have been grilled on what they have said would be their vision if they became the next head of state.

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly, who is backed by Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats and other opposition parties, said she would not call for a border poll in the next decade.