The Fianna Fáil candidate also admitted to nerves before the first debate of the presidential election campaign
Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin (right) shakes hands with MEP Billy Kelleher. Mr Gavin and Mr Kelleher had both sought the party’s candidacy. Photo: PA
A relative unknown to those outside the world of the GAA – and to many of those within the Fianna Fáil party until Taoiseach Micheál Martin produced him as a candidate – Jim Gavin has less than a month to acquaint himself with voters.
The only candidate without an electoral record, his presidential campaign will be leaning on his roots in the GAA, his work with the Defence Forces and his work in north-east inner-city Dublin.