There is growing concern about turnout for the presidential election because of the reduced number of candidates and controversy over Fianna Fáil nominee Jim Gavin’s withdrawal. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/Bloomberg
An Coimisiún Toghcháin is hoping turnout in the presidential election will match the 44 per cent seen in 2018 when President Michael D Higgins was re-elected.
Art O’Leary, the chief executive of the electoral commission since it was established in 2023, said the body does not have a target.
“I would hope, rather than saying it’s a target, that it would be no less than the presidential election turnout the last ti
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