A local MEP has expressed sympathy towards Jim Gavin following his withdrawal from the Presidential Election. The former Dublin football manager pulled out of the race on Sunday after it emerged he hadn't repaid money owed to a former tenant.
It now leaves Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys and Independent Catherine Connolly as the only candidates left in the running. Speaking to the Joe Finnegan Show this morning, Independent MEP Luke 'Ming' Flanagan says he feels sorry for Jim Gavin: