Catherine Connolly wins the presidency on a disastrous day for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil
Hugh, Jack and Ellen assess the results at Dublin Castle
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan · Declan Conlon
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Show Notes
Votes are still being counted but it is already clear that Catherine Connolly has won the presidency by a huge margin.
Connolly's victory will be confirmed at Dublin Castle this afternoon. Hugh, Jack Horgan-Jones and Ellen Coyne are there and sat down to discuss the emerging results and what they mean. How did Catherine Connolly get her campaign so right and Fine Gael theirs so wrong? What does the unprecedented level of spoiled votes really signify? And how will the government parties interpret and respond to this loss?
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