A Fianna Fáil TD has said party councillors should have a free vote for nominating presidential election candidates.
Wicklow-Wexford TD Malcolm Byrne told the Irish Examiner that enabling a candidate to run does not mean councillors need to back their campaign.
It comes as Nick Delehanty suggested that, like Gareth Sheridan, he has the support of a sufficient number of councillors to propose and second his bid.
To date, only two candidates for the upcoming presidential election to replace Michael D Higgins have been declared: Fine Gael’s Mairead McGuinness and Independent TD Catherine Connolly, who has the support of Labour, the Social Democrats, and People Before Profit.
Deputy Byrne joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this.