Holly Cairns has been hotly tipped to become the next leader of the Social Democrats at just 33 years of age.
Co-leaders of the party Catherine Murphy and Roisin Shortall announced they were standing down at a press conference yesterday. And prominent Dublin Central TD Gary Gannon is expected to rule himself out of the leadership race which will clear the path for Ms Cairns to take the reigns.
She upset all the odds in 2020 when she took her seat on the eight count. Before she entered the Dail, she took a seat on Cork County Council by just one vote.
