Gareth Sheridan issues statement as Presidential campaign comes to an end: "Sin é"

Presidential hopeful Gareth Sheridan has released a statement to Instagram to officially announce that his Presidential campaign comes to an end.

In the post’s caption, the Nutriband CEO wrote, “Sin é,” and called his bid “an unbelievable experience from start to finish,” saying that it was not “the end of the messaging” or “what we are trying to champion.”

In the statement, he added that he hoped his Presidential bid “encourages young people to try and get involved in politics.”

 

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Speaking to RTÉ yesterday outside County Hall in Tullamor, Sheridan also said that he “wouldn’t change a thing” about his campaign.

"I mean one thing that I was really trying to push was encouraging younger people to get involved,” he added. “And if I'm able to at least take that out of the process or encourage younger people to put their name forward for roles that historically don't deem to be suitable, I would deem the last couple of weeks as a success.

"We're trying to open the narrative, invite younger people into the conversation. If we start that narrative through the process over the last number of weeks, again, I think that's a good thing, and I would be proud of that.

In an interview for Hot Press back in August, Sheridan had hinted at his desire to ener the presidential bid, saying “Interestingly, a couple of councillors have asked if I would put housing at the top of the narrative and have a crack at the Àras. That was very flattering, but one thing that I pulled from that was that it is time that a younger candidate became president, to keep these issues on top of the narrative.

“Michael D did a great job commemorating our first 100 years. Someone needs to do an excellent job getting the next 100 started. That doesn’t happen with a proxy Fine Gael candidate in the Áras.”

There are currently three confirmed candidates for the presidential race: former government minister Heather Humphreys, who is running for Fine Gael; former manager of Dublin’s Gaelic football Jim Gavin, who is running for Fianna Fáil; and Catherine Connolly, an independent member of parliament who is backed by the Social Democrats, Labour and People Before Profit.