Candidate leans into Fine Gael’s traditional rural base in final days of presidential race
Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys (centre), with Former IFA president Eddie Downey, as she meets with farmers at Downey Farm in Monknewtown, Slane, Co Meath, during campaigning for the Irish presidential election. (Photo by Brian Lawless/PA Images via Getty Images)
With time running out and polls against her, Heather Humphreys has moved to lock down Fine Gael’s rural heartland in the final days of the presidential race by turning to some of the sectors most recognisable figures in farming to shore up her campaign.
In an unusual step, a group of former presidents of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) – Donie Cashman, Tom Clinton, John Donnelly, Tom Parlon, John Dillon, John Bryan, Eddie Downey, Joe Healy and Tim Cullinan – have signed a letter endorsing her for the Áras.
