In 2011, in the last poll of the presidential election, Labour candidate Michael D Higgins’s support was lagging behind Independent Sean Gallagher by 15 points.
Just four days later, Higgins wheeled the scrum and won the election. The remarkable turnaround was propelled by the infamous Frontline debate on RTÉ One when Gallagher’s campaign suffered significant damage.
The Irish Times opinion poll, the last of this campaign, had shown Independent candidate Catherine Connolly with a commanding lead of 38 per cent to 20 per cent over Heather Humphreys of Fine Gael. Is there any prospect of Humphreys of closing that gap, and what should both do in the final days to bolster their ch
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