Mary Davis is an Independent. And is best known as being the Chief Executive of the very honourable charity, Special Olympics Ireland. She has been basing her campaign on NOT being a politician but this has come under scrutiny because she has served on some  State Boards (appointed by the Fianna Fáil Government) and other non-State Boards. The salary from some of these appointments has been quite high, severely denting her “outsider” image.

Opinion Polls suggest that she is now an also-ran.