Ireland elects a left-wing president in an anti-government landslide.

Independent Catherine Connolly won a record 63.4% of valid votes.

Heather Humphreys of the government coalition party Fine Gael finished a distant second with 29.5%. Finishing in third and last place Saturday was Jim Gavin of the largest government party, Fianna Fáil, who won barely 7% of votes.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251025-ireland-elects-a-left-wing-president-in-an-anti-government-landslide?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

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Batacazo electoral: Catherine Connolly, líder de la izquierda, es elegida presidenta de Irlanda | vía #UChileRadio

https://radio.uchile.cl/2025/10/25/batacazo-electoral-catherine-connolly-lider-de-la-izquierda-es-elegida-presidenta-de-irlanda/

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Catherine Connolly is the favourite to succeed Michael Higgins as president in Irish election.

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly is expected to beat her challenger, centrist Fine Gael Heather Humphreys.

A recent poll suggested 49% of voters did not feel represented by either of them.

The winner will succeed 84-year-old Michael Higgins, who has held the post since 2011.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251025-catherine-connolly-is-the-favourite-to-succeed-michael-higgins-as-president-in-irish-election?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

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Les Irlandais aux urnes pour élire leur présidente : deux femmes candidates pour ce scrutin

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Polling Day

So we come to it at last. After weeks of campaigning, today’s the day we get to cast our votes in the election of a new President of the Republic of Ireland. All the polls suggest that the winner will be Catherine Connolly, and indeed the only posters I have seen around my neighbourhood are for her.

The only message I got through the door was for her too:

I shall shortly be heading to the Presentation Girls National School in Maynooth, which is my polling station. I’ll be voting for Catherine Connolly, in case you want to know. She is clearly the better candidate; my opinion of Heather Humphreys went down every time I heard her speak. Anyway, we should know the result by tomorrow evening when we’ll find out whether the opinion polls are right.

Today also happens to be the last day before our study break in Maynooth University and the start of a long weekend. I did my last teaching session of the week yesterday, actually. That’s why I didn’t have to get up early to vote before work. It also means have research on the agenda for today. Monday 27th October is a Bank Holiday and there are no lectures for the rest of the week. There are conferring ceremonies, though, including one for my recently-completed PhD student on Wednesday.

#CatherineConnolly #HeatherHumphreys #PresidentOfIreland #PresidentialElection

If you ever needed a reason not to vote for this abhorrent woman, this is it.

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#BertieAhern is backing #HeatherHumphreys for the Áras.

Do YOU stand with #Bertie? #Aras25 #PresidentialElection

Race for the Aras live as Presidential contenders go all out for votes.

Polling day is Friday so Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys will throwing everything they have at the hours between now and then... https://www.xnewshub.us/8565Z7Oslasc

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