Reuters —
Catherine Connolly, a veteran lawmaker on the far-left of the Irish political spectrum, was set to be elected president by a landslide margin on Saturday as members of the governing parties conceded they were in for a heavy defeat.
Connolly, 68, an independent candidate backed by the entire left-dominated opposition, was likely to win more than double the votes o
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