Overview

• Humphreys set out campaign pillars of community, unity and opportunity at the Monaghan Peace Campus near the border.
• She said she would use the presidency to listen, build understanding and help facilitate reconciliation across divides.
• Tánaiste and party leader Simon Harris attended the event and praised her as a unifying figure who bridges traditions.
• Addressing foreign policy questions, she called the situation in Gaza horrific, urged a ceasefire with humanitarian access and the release of hostages, and backed changing the triple lock while affirming Irish neutrality.
• Voters go to the polls on October 24, with Fianna Fáil’s Jim Gavin and independent Catherine Connolly also declared, while Sinn Féin has not yet decided on a candidate.