THERE ARE NOW six people vying to become the next President of Ireland.

Four candidates – Mary Davis, Seán Gallagher, Michael D. Higgins and Gay Mitchell – are already locked into the race and two more hopefuls – David Norris and Martin McGuinness – are working to ensure their names appear on the ballot paper in October.

Yesterday, Norris announced that he is once more “actively interested” in securing a nomination so he can contest the election, while Sinn Féin’s Ard Comhairle is expected to rubber-stamp the party’s nomination of Martin McGuinness tomorrow morning.

So of all the hopefuls, who would you like to see as the next President of Ireland?

Poll Results:

David Norris (2840)

Martin McGuinness (2381)

Michael D. Higgins (703)

None of the above (659)

Seán Gallagher (458)

Don't know (315)

Mary Davis (302)

Gay Mitchell (226)

Mary Davis
Seán Gallagher
Michael D. Higgins
Martin McGuinness
Gay Mitchell
David Norris
None of the above
Don't know

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Poll: Who do you want to be the next President of Ireland?

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