Overview
- Solicitors for former candidate Jim Gavin requested a copy of the draft review, prompting a pause in publication while legal teams examine it.
- The report had been slated for circulation toward the end of this week but will now be shown to Gavin’s legal team before release.
- Martin told the parliamentary party the review must be legally vetted first and said he anticipates receiving it ahead of the festive break.
- Some Fianna Fáil TDs and senators fear publication could slip into the post‑Christmas period and that sections may be redacted.
- Gavin withdrew from the race after revelations about money owed to a former tenant, declined to take part in the review led by Ciaran O’Loughlin with Eamon Scanlon, Tom Brabazon and Margaret Murphy O’Mahony, and Catherine Connolly later won the presidency with more than 63% of the vote.