Jim Gavin in race against time to sway voters outside GAA sphere

"The Fianna Fáil candidate also admitted to nerves before the first debate of the presidential election campaign"

"A relative unknown to those outside the world of the GAA - and to many of those within the Fianna Fáil party until Taoiseach Micheál Martin produced him as a candidate - Jim Gavin has less than a month to acquaint himself with voters."

"The only candidate without an electoral record, his presidential campaign will be leaning on his roots in the GAA, his work with the Defence Forces and his work in north-east inner-city Dublin."

Jim Gavin is the Fianna Fáil candidate and admitted to nerves before the first debate of the presidential election campaign. He remains a relative unknown outside the GAA and to many within Fianna Fáil until Taoiseach Micheál Martin presented him as candidate. He has less than a month to acquaint himself with voters ahead of the election. He is the only candidate without an electoral record. His presidential campaign will lean on his roots in the GAA, his work with the Defence Forces, and his community work in north-east inner-city Dublin.

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