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The Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy says his party should give strong consideration to backing and endorsing a suitable candidate to contest the presidential elections.
The Midlands North-West MEP says the presidential elections should be contested.
And he says the suitable candidate should represent “a modern and progressive vision”: