The freshly appointed Fianna Fail presidential candidate made an appearance at the Ploughing.
Fianna Fail’s presidential candidate is describing Offaly as a central part of Ireland’s economy, and an important part of Ireland’s heritage.
Jim Gavin is in Screggan for this year’s National Ploughing Championship where organisers are expecting a bumper crowd of 300 thousand people this week.
The newly minted member of the party will be going up against Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys and Independent candidate Catherine Connolly.
While a host of other independent reps are tilting at a nomination in county councils across the country.
Mr Gavin says he was especially happy to meet autism awareness campaigner Cara Dermody today: