Paul Hosford: Why Sinn Féin’s decision not to run a presidential candidate may prove costly

With just three names on the ballot, questions loom over Sinn Féin’s strategy, voter choice, and whether the race is missing something vital

Catherine Connolly, Jim Gavin, and Heather Humphreys. The presidential election candidates have the backing of parties that received 77% of votes in total in the last election.

And then there were three.

For a brief moment, there may have been five, but as the nominations deadline passed on Wednesday, only three candidates were left as officially in the race to become the next Irish president.