'Humphreys has hit a new low' in Aras race

Connolly slams jibe over work as barrister

- BY BAIRBRE HOLMES

CATHERINE Connolly has described comments made by her rival for the presidency as "a new low".

The Independent candidate was in her native Galway where she was asked about an interview in which Heather Humphreys said she "never tried to make money out of people's misfortune", referring to Ms Connolly working as a barrister during the economic crash.

Ms Connolly said she had been "over and over" the issue, adding: "For a candidate for the presidency to misuse that in the way she has, it's just a new low."

At the Fine Gael candidate's first stop of the day, the Intermediate Football Championship Final in Athlone, she too was asked about the quotes.