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Inside the Catherine Connolly campaign: From gaining cross-party support to digital dexterity

Calls for Galway TD to seek new home in the Áras stretch back several years, when she at first dismissed the idea

Catherine Connolly speaks at a rally in Monaghan town on October 22nd. Photograph: Alan Betson

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Jack Horgan-Jones

Jack Horgan-Jones

Jack Horgan-Jones is a Political Correspondent with The Irish Times

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