the motives of an audience member who asked about the €82,829 loan on The Frontline; however, a few minutes later, Glenna Lynch, a then-unknown housewife and mother of three with no political affiliations, called into the show to reveal herself as that audience member saying: "I think it's extraordinary that Seán believes normal people, voters, don’t have the right to ask a question". On 27 October 2011, Gallagher received 28.5% of first preference votes in the election, leaving him in second place behind Michael D. Higgins. On 30 October, The Guardian, chronicling the reasons for Gallagher's fall in support, reported that a final RTÉ poll showed that 28% of Irish voters changed their mind in the last week of the campaign, with 58% of those switching from Gallagher. On 7 March 2012, the Irish Broadcasting Authority of Ireland upheld Gallagher's complaint about unfair treatment regarding how RTÉ handled the unverified tweet on the final Pat Kenny debate. On 19 December 2017, it was reported that RTÉ agreed to pay Gallagher a sum of €130,000 as part of a confidential legal settlement arising from the final Pat Kenny debate. 2018 presidential campaign In August 2018, Gallagher announced that he would seek a nomination to run for president again and contest the 2018 presidential election. On 10 September 2018, with the support of four county councils, Gallagher became the second candidate in the 2018 election to secure a nomination, after the incumbent Michael D. Higgins (who has the right to nominate himself). On 16 September 2018, the second of 5 major opinion polls, ranked Gallgher a distant second place with 15%, compared to Higgins at 67%; which was to be the highest polling Gallagher would reach in the campaign. On 23 September 2018, in an interview with the Irish Independent, when asked if he had campaigned on the social issues he had made part of his presidential platform, Gallagher replied: "No, I didn't actively campaign....I can't campaign on every issue". When asked about what he would do with the €130,000 settlement he won from RTÉ (see above), he replied: "The money is there for my kids' education" (he has two children). Gallagher raised the expenses of the office as an issue, and on 29 September 2018 told the Irish Independent that he would stay in Irish embassies when abroad rather than luxury hotels. On the first radio debate on 10 October 2018,