The Race for the Áras (37 page)

13 October 2011. The actor Colm Meaney, of
Star Trek
fame, who spoke at a rally for the Sinn Féin presidential candidate, Martin McGuinness, at the Mansion House, Dublin. (©
Michael Debets/Demotix/Press Association Images
)

17 October 2011. Martin McGuinness and Paddy Power at the Paddy Power bookmakers shop in Baggot Street, Dublin, where McGuinness placed a bet on himself becoming the next President of Ireland, with the winnings to go to Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. (©
Collins
)

19 October 2011. Dana in Dublin beside the badly damaged tyre of her campaign car, after it suffered a puncture on a motorway. (©
Julien Behal/
PA
Wire
)

22 October 2011. Michael D. Higgins with his wife, Sabina Coyne, Nessa Childers
MEP
(daughter of the fourth president of Ireland, Erskine Childers) and Labour Party leader Eamon Gilmore during Higgins's walkabout in Grafton Street, Dublin. (©
Julien Behal/
PA
Wire
)

24 October 2011. The ‘Frontline' presidential debate. (L to R) Dana (independent), Gay Mitchell
MEP
(Fine Gael), Michael D. Higgins (Labour Party), Mary Davis (independent), Senator David Norris (independent), Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin) and Seán Gallagher (independent). (©
Photocall Ireland
)

24 October 2011. Gerry Adams signing a Martin McGuinness election poster. (©
Art Widak/Demotix/Press Association Images
)

24 October 2011. Mary Davis makes a point at the Mansion House, Dublin. (©
Art Widak/Demotix/Press Association Images
)

24 October 2011. Gay Mitchell and Martin McGuinness lost in thought at the Mansion House, Dublin. (©
Art Widak/Demotix/Press Association Images
)

26 October 2011. Martin McGuinness in Ballyfermot, Dublin, during his final canvassing before polling day, with the local Sinn Féin
TD
Aengus Ó Snodaigh. (©
Julien Behal/
PA
Wire
)

27 October 2011. David Norris casts his vote in the presidential election at a polling station in Marlborough Street, Dublin. (©
Collins
)

27 October 2011. Gay Mitchell and his wife, Norma, at Kildare Place Primary School in Rathmines casting their votes in the presidential election. (©
Photocall Ireland
)