This is the "mature debate" they keep banging on about btw. What level of cruelty we should aspire to, with the claimed fear of being seen as less cruel than a country rapidly sliding towards fascism. An ivory tower scumbag

I am ashamed to confess immeasurable disappointment when I glanced at the name of this coffee chain in Guangzhou and realised that I had mistaken the "L" as an "F".

I can't celebrate the inauguration of my President Catherine Connolly with my usual Bulmers today, sadly, but this Chinese apple cider vinegar drink will have to do. 😤

Gardaí are investigating after a 13-year-old boy was attacked in Tuam while returning home from school last month. The boy’s father condemned the 'violent' attack on his son, adding that his family 'do not feel safe' following the incident jrnl.ie/6869280

Came across the first Popeyes in my life just there - granted, this *is* at an airport, but I did not have the impression that Popeyes was some sort of premium restaurant chain, because this is making Dublin look downright reasonable.

Came across the first Popeyes in my life just there - granted, this *is* at an airport, but I did not have the impression that Popeyes was some sort of premium restaurant chain, because this is making Dublin look downright reasonable.

actually our media are extremely reticent to describe politicians as far right, but David lives in Plato's cave and spends all his time making up guys to be mad at

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

FFS, "debate" isn't just you getting to say whatever you like without being challenged. Simon Harris has the right to make an ass of himself with ill-considered comments that will provide grist to the mill of racists, as he has done. But the left also has the right to call him out for doing so.

Almost forgot I wrote this letter responding to Fergus Finlay. I wouldn't have picked that title myself, but I do think it is a bit of a slippery slope to argue that a threshold sufficient for Michael D. Higgins or FFG is not sufficient for Catherine Connolly. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/your...

“I haven’t seen violence like this since Rwanda. The velocity and ferocity of the RSF killing civilians since Sunday is unlike anything I’ve seen in 26 years of doing this work, and HRL [Yale Humanitarian Research Lab] has been reporting on the RSF and the Sudanese war for a while.” Incredibly grim

Harris would be on stronger grounds to claim he is treating the subject of migration sensitively if he also didn't fail to conflate aslyum seekers with migration in general. Like, yes, it is a "point of consideration" elsewhere, yet you haven't learnt anything! www.thejournal.ie/simon-harris...

Gary Gannon TD: “What he could have also said was their numbers this year have also decreased by 40 per cent on last year. He could have talked about the absolute failures in the system that he’s presided over for 10 years and how he was going to address them. /.. @garygannontd.bsky.social

“Once you [went] in those doors to those institutions, you [didn’t] come out the same.” Mary Donovan's mother Margaret Mary spent most of her life detained in Irish psychiatric institutions. She is now calling for an apology over how her mother was treated. @investigates.thejournal.ie

Catherine Connolly won literally the biggest personal mandate (both in terms of percentage, but also by the raw number of first preference votes) in the history of the state. Doesn't stop some incredibly sore losers from ignoring the existance of those 914k+ voters. #Aras25

A lot of things to ponder about after this election - the potential of a broad left alliance, as well as the fallout of those spoiled votes. But today? I'm savouring having done my part in a campaign that has elected Catherine Connolly to president by the widest margin in Irish electoral history.

We are a f***ing class country, let it be said.

Hey, your name is Creamer and Uachtarán is "the cream" of our democracy. No wonder you're so into it - nominative determinism!

Don’t flake on voting just because the result is in the bag! Margin matters. Remember how awful it felt seeing Peter Casey jump from 2% polls to 23% after his attacks on travellers. A low turnout/high number of spoiled votes will be seized on by the fash. Every vote for Connolly undermines them

If Jim Gavin gets 12.5% or more, Fianna Fáil gets €250,000 in expenses refunded. Bear that in mind if you're voting for Jim Gavin as a joke.

Not that I have not made it blatantly obvious, but I am voting for Catherine Connolly tommorrow. For a candidate with the legal and language skills perfect for the role of scrutinising legislation in need of constitutional review.

As we await a verdict in the trial of Soldier F, another reminder that in 2010 the Bloody Sunday inquiry found - the killings were unjustified - none of the 14 dead (7 of whom were children) had guns - no warnings were given - no soldiers were under threat - the troops were the first to open fire

New Poll - wasn't expecting this tbh. Catherine Connolly - 40% Heather Humphreys - 25% Jim Gavin - 7% According to Ireland Thinks, with the Irish Independent. m.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

If you are thinking of voting for Jim Gavin tomorrow, just a PSA that the most likely effect of that vote would be increasing the odds of Gavin meeting the threshold so that Fianna Fáil can claim a load of their expenses back from the campaign. Just so you know. #Aras25

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

I will note that I literally wrote this on 10th September - before nominations closed, before SF endorsed Connolly, back when the media still stuck to the line that Humphreys was the favourite to win. In fairness, it wasn't a bad call, all things considered.

The only thing I am more confident about than Catherine Connolly winning is that when she does win, she will take the win magnanimously and with good grace. Me, on the other hand? Not a chance. I don't think I will ever feel as smug or vindicated of anything in my life. #Aras25

Are you a little confused about how Ireland’s Presidential Election works? Fear not: I have once again picked up some 🔴 popular 🟠 coloured 🟡 chocolate-based 🟢 confectionary 🔵 treats 🟣 to show how the #aras25 votes are counted. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

A post on on the Presidential Election - mainly going deeper into the poll numbers, but also some discussion about what each outcome might mean beyond just this election, and thoughts on the broader conversation about democracy. #Áras25 irishelectionprojections.com/2025/10/21/2...

Irish-speakers didn’t get a proper presidential debate because Humphreys chose (again) to run for an office she’s not qualified for. Nobody cares ‘how Irish’ anyone else is, stop projecting! The issue is language rights

TBH I think Fine Gael, of all people, have no business pretending they give a damn about people losing their homes. They voted to end the no-faults eviction ban. They voted against measures to tackle vacancies. They are responsible for the housing crisis we expirience today.

If you can vote in Ireland's Presidential election next Friday (Oct 24th) make sure you do. Polls open from 7am - 10pm. Turnout is key. Voting is a privilege. Don't think anything is won if you don't go out and vote.

“It is an essential principle of our legal system that...barristers must accept cases in their area of speciality. The duty of confidentiality that barristers owe to their clients is also at the core of that professional relationship." Pure FG desperation. www.socialdemocrats.ie/statement-fr...

Honestly, all I can say is that all that Fine Gael's Trumpian tactics have done is motivate the Connolly campaign even more to ensure that Friday will represent yet another crushing defeat of their hopes of ever having one of their own in the Áras.

After 7 paragraphs musing about potential Hamas 'ceasefire violations' like 'not finding bodies under all the rubble quickly enough' we get a casual mention that the IDF has killed 38 people in paragraph 8

If Catherine Connolly was this spectacularly "flawed" candidate, why is it that the "moderate, centrist" FG candidate isn't running away with it? Think about it - what has Humphreys done to try and convince voters of my pursuasion that she doesn't hold what I value in contempt?

It is interesting that he chose to harrass Connolly, who has never been in government, rather than Humphries, who was a cabinet minister when the Gender Recognition Act was passed. It's almost like it's not really about what he says it's about, isn't it?

"Social Democrats housing spokesperson Rory Hearne...appealed to the Government to use the Land Development Agency and “step in and buy the factory” so that it could be kept open to deliver homes". #spéirgorm

It's madness that a modular home builder should be going out of business in *this* housing market. As Rory Hearne proposed, the LDA should be stepping in here to make sure that factory doesn't close! www.thejournal.ie/modular-home...

If Catherine Connolly and Zohran Mamdani campaigns have taught us anything, it's that using this Font is the key to electoral success in 2025

For @catherinegalway.bsky.social: coalition of left parties, trade unions, NGOs + any community orgs working on social justice and inclusion, housing movements, students, Palestine Solidarity movement... Against: Fianna Fail, Fine Gael, former FF and FG, wannabee FG and FF, and legacy media.

Defames someone on the radio, refuses to withdraw the remarks, gets sued for defamation, claims this is all part of the hard left strategy, falsely claims man she defamed is campaign manager of opponent So the hard left's strategy would fall apart if she failed to defame someone?

Massive lead for Catherine Connolly heading into the final week. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Marie McGowan, 89, has died 3 years after a brutal assault during which she was put headfirst into a rubbish bin. Her attacker, Alex Bailey, believed she was "a man dressed as a woman." This is the world the transphobes are creating "to protect women." RIP Marie. share.google/PFaI5YTh9tBw...

If you appriciated how Michael D. Higgins spoke out during his Presidency, but think Connolly will be "too extreme"... Higgins literally called for Israel to be expelled from the UN, and for a UN military intervention to bring aid into Gaza. I think Connolly would struggle to top that tbh.

Re: Connolly and the "smear" campaign - at the point where FG's main attack lines are as disingenuous as pretending to not know how Barristers work in this country, or just lying about her views or about how Dáil staff recruitment works, it doesn't say much for them, does it?