Independent candidate Catherine Connolly is set to become Ireland’s next president after her rival conceded.
Heather Humphreys said: “Catherine will be a president for all of us and she will be my president, and I really would like to wish her all the very, very best.
“I have absolutely not one regret.”
Ireland’s deputy premier has “sincerely” congratulated Ms Connolly on “becoming our next president of Ireland”.
Simon Harris, who leads the Fine Gael party that nominated her Ms Humphreys, said in a statement that Ms Connolly will be a president “for all this country and for all of us”.
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