In a few weeks, for the first time in the history of partitioned Ireland we could have a South led by an Ulster Protestant and a North led by a Southern Catholic.

Bluesky is awesome because you can have two people say the exact same thing but one truly believes it in their heart of hearts and the other is all “this is a joke that no one is stupid enough to actually think like”

BBC: ahhh… the political masterminds at Reform and their maestro Farage are unstoppable.. tomorrow belongs to them… Farage: today I’m announcing my “punch every nurse” policy

One of my all time faves.

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this plus Aubrey McCarthy this morning

called it btw

The well orchestrated campaign consisted of (1) Simon Harris telling FG councillors to back the designated FG candidate, and (2) two independent right wing senators thinking "she's a bit too right wing for me".

Gareth won't even make the Reeling in the Years segment on the election. Utter humilitation

this lad didnt even submit his papers correctly.

Lol. Lmao

Haha! I will never be on Seamus' level

Mary McAleese is responsible for two of the most iconic social media threads in Irish history. This, and @seamas.bsky.social

finn mcredmond is somewhere scrambling to formulate an opinion right now

Let's not dismiss Maria Steen – if you can't wear a €20,000 handbag in your greatest diva down moment, when can you?

Maria Steen not getting enough nominations to be in the Irish presidential election, and Robyn having a new album announced on the same day? Some gay is using their wishes all up at once.

Btw, it should be noted in all this that Steen is a controversial figure who ran a very rushed and sloppy campaign. I maintain that if we had seen a proper campaign from someone like Michael McDowell, he would be easily on the ballot and polling competitively.

Ok. Since we’re talking about handbags, wanna see *my* most prized bag? Course you do! It was a gift from two very kind and generous friends who shall remain nameless (oh ok, ok, it was Graham Norton and his lovely fella) and its a sequinned Valentino bag they got FROM THE ESTATE OF DONNA SUMMER ❤️

I have two important contributions to make to this discourse: casting for the eventual Irish TV series spoofing this election cycle.

I knew something was up with that bag. The rest of us don't have access to that shade of blue.

"Gerry Craughwell is the nastiest skank bitch I've ever met. Do not trust her. She is a fugly slut!!"

Looking very displeased that the grubby heathen hoi polloi stymied her immaculate ascension, but if she needs a tissue to dab away a perfect tear, I’m sure she’s got some in that €20K Hermes bag she’s got there

If we got some kids to draw with chalk on the paths outside her house we could make her explode

Does anybody need 50,000 Maria Steen For President oven gloves?

Ah look, he's holding her oxblood leather gloves.... jaysus the fuckin veins on her hand, she must be ready to scream!

Unless that’s a knock-off, she’s clutching a Hermès bag that costs about €20,000.

This pair look like the villains in a movie where the hero is a dog.

A quick tally of who was responsible for killing each failed Irish presidential campaign: Nick Delehanty ❌ Kieran Cuddihy Joanna Donnelly ❌ Kieran Cuddihy Conor McGregor ❌ Nikita Hand Peter Casey ❌ too much Jameson Gareth Sheridan ❌ his own hubris Maria Steen ❌ Gerard Craughwell Bertie Ahern ❌ CMAT

The Steen campaign are absolutely destroying McCarthy on the way out btw. Just airing all his dirty laundry via Gr*pt. Including that he's been in hock to the pro-life crowd one since the Seanad election. Frog and scorpion moment.

@darach.bsky.social I’ve been listening to Motherfoclóir from the beginning during my commute and in ep. 61 (2018) Geraroidin jokingly mentioned Bertie Ahern running in 2025. Weird way to learn the Universe was listening to Motherfoclóir too, lol.

That alt text! ☠️

Hell, even I know him and it was my grandparents who emigrated from Ireland to Canada.

Ball eile don dream Eoin-Íosagáin.

McDowell also had a minor heroic role in 1990, as I recall? He jumped on P Flynn live on radio for his "newfound interest in her family" remark about Mary Robinson. That might have been left fester otherwise.

Notice how her hairspray and makeup immediately started to disintegrate once she tapped out.

Huntington's disease has been successfully treated for the first time, doctors tell BBC

Will I ever see you again? Sure baby, next time Steen narrowly misses a nomination!

Reeling In The Years 2025 is going to have an absolutely fire montage to the tune of Euro-Country.

TBF, from what I’ve seen, it’s the old boys supporting Steen who think she’s a baddie…

Committed Catholic pulls out.

Just had a look on Twitter and it really is funny stuff. Paul Treyvaud tagging a fake Bertie Ahern account begging him to 'work his magic' and get Steen the final two nominations. Declan Ganley fantasising about Charlie Haughey making Steen the FF nominee. Headloss beyond belief.

Unfortunately have to hand it to them for this and this alone

G'wan Craughwell, you old dog! And, um, g'wan McDowell, in this specific instance.

*Right-wing Americans pretending to be Irish on Twitter explode in a cloud of psycho-sexual rage*

I didn't feel Steen's campaign was officially over until Richard Chambers sounded the Hunger Games cannon. #Áras25

Several editors are going to be in a huff for the rest of the day now that they've no excuse to let bigotry out of the opinion section and onto the front page for the next month