"Independent, Catherine Connolly, has been the most comfortable and assertive in this debate, writes Mary Regan. She has stuck to her points and appeared most passionate and authentic in making them. Whether one agrees with them or not, she had policy positions on which voters can judge her. If Jim Gavin came into this in need of firing up his campaign, then he has given little away on his actual policies or why he is running."
"Whatever the question, he brought everything back to his record with defence forces service, membership of Taskforces and "managing big projects". But the Fianna Fáil candidate was uncomfortable under further probing or deeper scrutiny. He criticised Deputy Connolly's support for the Triple Lock, but - despite a lot of finger pointing and hand waving - he didn't land any blow on her when it came to her foreign policy positions."
Catherine Connolly was the most comfortable and assertive, sticking to her points and appearing passionate and authentic while offering clear policy positions for voters to judge. Jim Gavin repeatedly referenced his record, defence forces service, Taskforce membership and experience managing large projects, but revealed little about his actual policies or reasons for running and struggled under probing. The Fianna Fáil candidate criticised Connolly's Triple Lock support but failed to land a substantive blow on her foreign policy positions. Heather Humphreys, the most experienced politician, appeared nervous, defended the government record and spoke strongly about unity as a proud Ulsterwoman and Republican.
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