If Catherine Connolly were to win the Presidential election, she has politely put Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin on notice that he would have to listen at length to her views.<\/p>\n
The Galway West TD reminded everyone when speaking to Rachel English on RT\u00c9’s The News at One that if she were elected president, Mr Martin would keep her informed about Government matters, as is the norm.<\/p>\n
But this will not just amount to a mere courtesy call, as Ms Connolly made it clear that she wants this chat to be a two-way process.<\/p>\n
In advance of any such discussions, she described herself as a strong person who makes considered decisions.<\/p>\n
Listen: Catherine Connolly’s interview on News at One<\/p>\n
We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences<\/a><\/p>\n However, such effort does not come without stress, as she also revealed that she is a worrier, saying, “worry is built into me”.<\/p>\n But she was assured in her stance yesterday that voting against EU treaties was “not a negative thing”.<\/p>\n Ms Connolly was on the opposing side across the four referendums on the Nice and Lisbon treaties.<\/p>\n While Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys summed up her position on these matters as centre-ground, pro-business and pro-European.<\/p>\n She branded her rival in the race to become the country’s first citizen as far-left.<\/p>\n In a day where both candidates’ judgment was scrutinised, Ms Humphreys insisted that she could be trusted to hold the line against outside forces seeking to influence the President.<\/p>\n In her interview on RT\u00c9 One with Katie Hannon, she was transported back in time to her early days as a cabinet minister, and that botched attempt to appoint a supermarket owner from Donegal to the Board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.<\/p>\n It was all done in advance of a Seanad by-election, where the Fine Gael candidate was trying to win a seat in the culture section of the upper house.<\/p>\n