"Covert tactics have been put in place to ensure Government gets the two-horse race it desires"
"Today, I find myself with two of the four required council presidential nominations and about to make my final addresses to three county councils ­tomorrow. If I win the votes in two of the three - Meath, Offaly and Louth - I will make history, becoming ­Ireland's youngest ever presidential ­candidate."
"However, I lost a crucial vote in Carlow on Friday. Immediately after that meeting I did an interview for RTÉ TV news. Crestfallen, I roused myself to say something like: I will battle on - it is still all to play for."
Covert tactics have been put in place to shape the presidential field into a two-horse race. The candidate currently holds two of the four required council presidential nominations and intends to deliver final addresses to three county councils tomorrow. Winning votes in two of Meath, Offaly and Louth would make the candidate Ireland's youngest ever presidential candidate. A crucial vote was lost in Carlow on Friday. An interview was given to RTÉ TV news immediately after the meeting, and the candidate, though crestfallen, resolved to continue, saying "I will battle on".
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