The Independent candidate was in her native Galway where she was asked about an interview with the Sunday Independent in which Heather Humphreys said she “never tried to make money out of people’s misfortune”, referring to Ms Connolly’s time working as a barrister during the economic crash.

Ms Connolly said she had been “over and over” the issue, adding: “For a candidate for the presidency to misuse that in the way she has, it’s just a new low.”

At the Fine Gael candidate’s first stop of the day, the Intermediate Football Championship Final in Athlone, she too was asked about the quotes. Please review your details and accept them to load the content

Ms Humphreys reiterated her stance, saying that Ms Connolly “was working for UK banks” before she went in to politics, whereas she was wor

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