THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS THIS FRIDAY – ALONG

WHILE it’s not too long ago that the Irish public filed into polling stations to place their tick in a box on a referendum issue, it almost feels like a lifetime ago that we last voted for who should take the hot seat at Áras an Uachtaráin as President.

Initially, there didn’t seem to be too many takers to go up against the current head of state Michael D Higgins,