President-elect Catherine Connolly arrives at Dublin Castle accompanied by her campaign manager Béibhinn O’Connor for the announcement of the presidential election result confirming Connolly as Ireland's 10th president. Photograph: Alan Betson
During the presidential campaign Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys wrongly described Paul Murphy, the People Before Profit-Solidarity TD for Dublin South-West, as Catherine Connolly’s director of elections.
The real director of elections was, in fact, a low-profile adviser to Connolly who has marshalled all her election campaigns since her election to the Dáil as an Independent TD for Galway West in 2016.
To say Béibhinn O’Connor is low profile is an understatement. She is a classic behind-the-scenes person, completely unknown outside of political circles.
You will seldom see her on social media, or see her na
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