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Candidate Candour

Quiz: Which presidential candidate said these quotes?

The election may be over but some of these quotes will live on.
10.01pm, 25 Oct 2025
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THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION has drawn to a close after weeks of posters, canvassing, and debating. 

Jim Gavin’s early withdrawal left two candidates for most of the campaign period  – Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys.

All three of them have produced some iconic quotes but can you remember who said what?

Who said: “There’s a lot of foxes around and people go hunting the foxes - once the controls are in place, and once the rules are abided by, I support rural pursuits"?
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Catherine Connolly
Heather Humphreys

Jim Gavin
Who said: “I do appreciate the counsel, and I'll bring that back to the boys”?
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Catherine Connolly
Heather Humphreys

Jim Gavin
Who said: “You wouldn’t invite a bank robber in to run a bank”?
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Catherine Connolly
Heather Humphreys

Jim Gavin
Who said: "My current husband will be moving into the Áras with me"?
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Catherine Connolly
Heather Humphreys

Jim Gavin
Who said: “I never evicted anybody out of their home”?
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Catherine Connolly
Heather Humphreys

Jim Gavin
Who said: “I had absolutely no respect for that man after listening to him for the duration that I listened to him”?
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Catherine Connolly
Heather Humphreys

Jim Gavin
Who said: “If it happened I’m very sorry that it happened"?
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Catherine Connolly
Heather Humphreys

Jim Gavin
Who said: “Who I’ll invite to the Aras, I’ll decide in due course”?
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Catherine Connolly
Heather Humphreys

Jim Gavin
Who said: “I don’t just go to the North on day trips”?
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Catherine Connolly
Heather Humphreys

Jim Gavin
And finally, which one of these people NOT on the ballot said: "I think I’d have walked the f**king thing”?
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