Candidate in need of huge boost from TV debate or older voters to pull off a presidential comeback in final straight

Heather Humphreys with her granddaughter Charlotte and grandson Arthur at the Corderry fruit farm ‘pick your own pumpkin day’ in Co Louth. Photo: David Conachy
“He’s seen the same things I’ve seen, and it’s certainly made an impression on me.”
That line from No Country for Old Men was ringing around the head of one Fine Gael TD late last week after they had seen the results of the latest presidential opinion poll.