Catherine Connolly will speak her mind as President — the template is already there

We can expect an unapologetic version of Catherine Connolly and her beliefs, regardless of public reaction, in the coming seven years, writes Acting Political Editor Paul Hosford.

President-elect Catherine Connolly during a visit to  Áras an Uachtaráin. Picture: Tony Maxwell

One of the largely unspoken, though sometimes open, worries of those who opposed Catherine Connolly's election as President are her politics.

On a range of issues — relations with the US, views on foreign policy generally, European fidelities — they worry that Ms Connolly will be too left, too fringe, too anything.