Mary Lou McDonald refuses to rule herself out as presidential candidate

The Sinn Féin leader said her party is considering all options, including backing a left unity candidate
Mary Lou McDonald refuses to rule herself out as presidential candidate

James Cox

Mary Lou McDonald hasn't ruled out running for President.

The Sinn Féin leader said her party is considering all options, including backing a left unity candidate.

When asked if she was ruling herself out, Ms McDonald replied: "Well, we're in this process and we're not ruling anything in or anything out.

"As and when we have news for you around our own process and procedure, and all the runners and riders. I've seen lots of people's names mentioned, so we're not making any comment definitively on any of them, myself included."

Big names have been slow to emerge ahead of the election, but many are likely to set out their stall in the weeks to come given the election must take place by Tuesday, November 11th.

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