Roscommon Galway Sinn Féin TD Claire Kerrane says she doesn't see Mary Lou McDonald running for President.
The party leader refused to rule herself out of the race after an internal party consultation on the issue.
Mary Lou McDonald, the North's First Minister Michelle O'Neill and MP John Finucane have emerged as possible candidates.
But Deputy Kerrane says she doesn't think her party leader will be trying to leave the Dáil:
