Martin McGuinness is in Co Donegal again this evening for a supporters rally.
The Sinn Fein presidential candidate will visit Bundoran around 5.30pm before travelling on to Letterkenny for a meeting at 8pm at the Clanree Hotel.
Mr McGuinness said the positive showings for Sinn Féin and himself in the latest polls reflected the positive reception he was receiving on the ground.
Mr McGuinness said he had delivered more than any of the other candidates in terms of international negotiations on the peace process and job creation.
He said he would apply these same skills to the whole of the 32 counties of Ireland if he were elected President, uniting the people of Ireland against the greed and selfishness against big salaries and pensions and bonuses against the backdrop of mass unemployment.
Martin McGuinness latest endorsement for president comes the whole way from Hollywood, with award winning Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan saying he is the man for the Aras.
“He’s a man I’ve known for many years and I know there is a great deal of controversy about his background but I think he’s got smarts, I think he’s got balls, I think he’s got vision,” she said.
When asked about potential reaction in the U.S. to the election of McGuinness as President she said he had “a huge following in the United States… and is found to be exciting and different and interesting.”
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