Irish presidential election: From Brexit to Gaza, where does ‘committed European’ Catherine Connolly stand on various EU issues?

From Lisbon Treaty to Gaza, presidential candidate holds a more nuanced view of bloc’s intentions

Presidential candidate Catherine Connolly, who has been the underdog ‘all her life’, on her presidential vision

Catherine Connolly has insisted she is “a committed European” and while she has opposed many aspects of EU politics, she argues “we have to allow questions to be put and debated”.

But the Heather Humphreys’ campaign has used some of Connolly’s positions on the EU to try to sow doubt about what her presidency would mean for Ireland’s relationships with its allies.