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Presidential election live: Tánaiste rejects suggestion that Humphreys campaign is doomed
Earlier the candidates faced off in a debate where Connolly responded to the militia leader photo and Humphreys spoke on O’Farrell family issue
Presidential election candidates Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly. Illustration: Paul Scott
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