Labour announces it is backing Catherine Connolly in presidential election
Independent TD Catherine Connolly followed up her campaign launch on July 16, above, with an online rally on Thursday addressed by Bernadette Devlin McAliskey and Fintan Drury. Later on Thursday, Labour announced it was backing her candidacy. Picture: Sasko Lazarov
Catherine Connolly says that she is “ready” to be president of Ireland as “part of a movement”.
The Independent Galway West TD announced in mid-July that she would enter the race with the backing of the Social Democrats and People Before Profit — and on Thursday evening she also received the backing of the Labour Party, which said that a clear majority of its members favoured supporting her.
