Race for the Áras now looks like a non-starter

Poor Gerard Craughwell. Those Fianna Fáil feckers. How could they do it to him?

Senator Craughwell has harboured ambitions to become president later this year and has repeatedly called on the current holder of the office, Michael D Higgins, to clarify his intentions about seeking a second term.

Now it has long been clear that President Higgins wants a second term, despite saying back in 2011 that one term was all he wanted.