2011 Irish presidential election party was unlikely to run a candidate both for financial reasons and also because it was unlikely that a Fianna Fáil nominee could be successful. In early August 2011 there was press speculation that RTÉ broadcaster Gay Byrne might seek a nomination. On 6 August Micheál Martin rang Byrne at his holiday home to indicate that Fianna Fáil Oireachtas members would facilitate his nomination. Byrne indicated that he had yet to make a decision on whether to put his name forward, but said that if he did so he would not run under the Fianna Fáil banner but as an
1952 Irish presidential election and when no other candidate was nominated, he was declared elected on 16 May. This was the first occasion on which a president nominated themselves for a second term. O'Kelly was inaugurated for his second term as President of Ireland on 25 June 1952. 1952 Irish presidential election In the Irish presidential election of 1952 the outgoing president Seán T. O'Kelly was re-elected without a contest. Under Article 12 of the Constitution of Ireland, candidates could be nominated by: All Irish citizens on the Dáil electoral register were eligible to vote. On 25 April 1938, Minister for Local Government made