Tánaiste urges middle Ireland to 'lend' vote to Heather Humphreys

Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has rejected the idea that his party's presidential candidate cannot win the presidential election

Presidential candidate Heather Humphreys with minister for finance Paschal Donohoe at Jameson Distillery, Dublin. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos

Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has rejected the idea that his party's presidential candidate Heather Humphreys cannot win next week's election.

According to the most recent polling, Ms Humphreys trails independent Catherine Connolly by 18 points, but the Tánaiste said there were still a huge number of people undecided and that he would be asking them for to "lend" their vote to Ms Humphreys.