How Catherine Connolly's record on Syria, Gemma O’Doherty and Nato may scupper the ‘progressive left’s only hope’ for the Áras

Presidential candidate has strong opposition support for her outspoken stances, but questions remain about her judgment and the company she has kept Catherine Connolly has announced she is running to be Ireland's next president. But who exactly is she?The downstairs bar in Doyle’s on College Green is packed with young people, eagerly listening to Independent TD Catherine Connolly speak.“There isn’t an anti­semitic bone in my body. I couldn’t tolerate it,” the Galway West politician tells the room.