Jim Gavin will visit the Shannonside region for the first time as a presidential candidate today.
The Fianna Fáil representative will be canvassing in Roscommon town this morning.
It's less than four weeks until he battles with Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys and Independent TD Catherine Connolly on October 24th.
Political analyst in Roscommon, Ivan Connaughton, says it's hard to know how Gavin will fare in the election: