"This was a cynical strategic manoeuvre to avoid losing voters to the far right, but it seems, based on polling, that all they have done is prime their own voters to join the far right"

"Nobody saw that Ireland v Portugal result coming" Wrong #IrlPor

#coybig #speirgorm

Make that 1,500,001

I take all my financial advice from Simon Harris, Sharon Ní Bheoláin and Fintan O'Toole.

The main achievement of the Spoil Your Vote campaign has actually been to catapult Catherine Connolly to the highest FPV % in Irish Presidential history. If they had vote for Gavin or Humphreys, she may not have achieved this. #Áras25

People are being constantly bombarded with absolute shite online, and it has driven some people mad. The world that has been created in their heads through constant propaganda is not the real world, but they are now fixated on their conspiracy driven worldview.

Disappointed that Jim Gavin hasn't been a sleeper hit #Áras25

I've seen Connolly tallying above 50% in some FG heartlands in South Dublin. She is going to be elected with the highest first preference vote in Irish Presidential history by quite a margin #Áras25

"Turnout appears to pick up as evening progresses" Well, it would be worrying if turnout was going the other way

The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324

🚨 RED C / Business Post poll 🚨 CONNOLLY, Catherine - 44% (+8) HUMPHREYS, Heather - 25% (-) GAVIN, Jim - 10% (-2) Undecideds - 21% (-6) www.businesspost.ie

The main takeaway from this debate is that at least we don't have to do this again until 2032 #rtept #Áras25

CLIMATE CHANGE CAME UP!! But bit bizarre framing with the Council of State question... #rtept #Áras25

Leaving politics out of this for a sec, Heather Humphreys sounds absolutely exhausted and miserable tonight. I get the impression she doesn't think she can win anymore, doesn't want to be here and just wants this election to be over. Honestly, I sympathise.

Bit of a mad soliloquy on the fox hunting there by Connolly #rtept #Áras25

Very rough patch for Humphreys there. Potentially sticky territory now for Connolly #rtept #Áras25

Connolly very polished. Unflappable. Humphreys still very nervy. #Áras25 #rtept

Talking about banks so much, we might as well have thrown Bertie into the race #Áras25 ##rtept

Having two moderators for two candidates is a bit ridiculous #rtept #Áras25

Interrupting Humphreys during her opening statement was bad form from Miriam #Áras25 #rtept

My big wish for the final #RTE #Áras25 debate is for Jim Gavin to re-emerge and take his place in the debate to reveal that Catherine Connolly acted on the bank's behalf to reposses the infamous apartment

The President will have to sign lots of pieces of legislation they disagree with. Is Connolly's work history not testement to her professionalism and suitability for the role? 🤔

Nobody has more faith in me than the Daft.ie 'Best Match' tab thinking that a €2.4 million gaff is within my budget

My take - Heather Humphreys is much more popular with the FG faithful than she will be with the wider voting public. She will poll respectably but will not win.

Glad we're all focused on the critical issues

Forgot my headphones. 2 hours of public transport. Unimaginable pain.

Arrived at the train station to discover that my regular service now departs 5 mins earlier on a new timetable. Which was two minutes previously. Superb.

Utility wildfire risk now includes fish falling from the sky.

"They are criminal... I have never witnessed the brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population". www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Train from Gorey cancelled this morning, bus transfer to Bray DART station, DART into town at rush hour... The urge to be back commuting by bike has never been stronger

Marty Morrisey talking about a Tipp player about to turn 31 like it's some sort of miracle the decrepit old fart is even on the pitch. #AllIreland

Needs to pay those legal bills somehow

This is, quite simply, not an issue that the Taoiseach should be dealing with or even concerned about

After the carry-on of the farm lobbies across Europe over the last 18 months, I gotta say, my sympathy is low for them in the face of the new CAP proposals. www.independent.ie/farming/news...

The Local Democracy Reporting Scheme, which supports local media to report on Council meetings, has to go. The ignorance was bliss. I'm simply seeing too much nonsense chat from Council chambers now. Off the wall stuff. We need to go back to a simpler time when nobody cared about Council meetings.

"He can"

Mairead McGuinness is a fine politician and a serious operator, no doubt about it, but I suspect that Fine Gael are about to find out (the hard way, again) that Financial Services and Capital Markets Union won't butter many parsnips with the broad Irish electorate.

Fish in heat stress and more water supplies in drought - the prolonged dry, warm spell is creating challenges www.independent.ie/irish-news/a...

You'd be hard pressed to find an economic or societal issue today that doesn't have a foundation or a massive amplifying effect by the austerity years - a penny-wise, pound-foolish economic experiment that did more harm than good.

Absolute Looney Toons level crime www.rte.ie/news/munster...

A classic between Clare and Cork in the Munster Championship on Easter Sunday. Just as the Good Lord would have wanted.

Hospitality businesses not opening on Sundays - especially Bank Holiday Sundays, just boggles my mind.

The next generation will absolutely not believe how good pre-AI Google was.

Now that #TheMasters is over and our boy McIlroy won, can we all admit that the green blazers are stupid looking?

Good news, this

Fuel prices aren't nearly high enough if the number of parents idling their cars outside the creche is anything to go by... 🤢

6.43 train Gorey - Dublin packed with casuals. Wouldn't see these crowds on the hard winter mornings on the 5.50 train.

The journalist who asked Trump who his favourite Irish person was during the Oval Office press conference with Micheal Martin has a lot to answer for.