In a low-energy presidential debate, only one candidate lit a spark www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025... >>the best piece on the debate last night, Gerard Howlin analyses it perfectly.

Sedate start to the presidential debates. Gavin a bit stilted but solid. Humphries trying to stay above the fray & focus on campaign messages, mostly worked. Connolly clear, informed & best of the 3 except for the odd references to the military industrial complex, meaningless for most voters #Aras25

Academic seeks to challenge ‘unlawful’ nomination process for presidential election www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co... >>could make for an interesting case.

It was great talking to Ciara for this podcast. We go into the nuts and bolts of the presidential campaign. It all kicks off today now that nominations have closed. Busy four weeks ahead. Your Essential Guide to the Presidential Election newstalk.com/podcasts/new... via @newstalkfm.bsky.social

Sinn Féin announcement will be news of the weekend. Martin McGuinness was huge news in 2011. If they back Connolly, it will be a sign of disarray and indecision. Pearce Doherty would be a serious addition to the race. But ‘game-changer’ suggests someone completely new and of serious substance….

I have a weakness for the florists on Grafton St. Beautiful flowers. I’m resisting Autumn and sticking with Summer pinks. The heavy rain against the train window is ruining my buzz.

Congratulations to Eoin O’Malley @dublincityuni.bsky.social on the success of his new book ‘Charlie vs Garret’ which was launched by Sean O’Rourke last night at a lovely event hosted by Dublin Lord Mayor Ray McAdam.

Got my first piece of presidential election literature today. Catherine Connolly’s team were handing out material outside Trinity at lunchtime. Good spot for a literature drop.

Lovely to welcome first year politics students to UCC this week. One of our largest groups ever, it’s wonderful to see.

No presidential nomination from Cork City Council tonight. Proceedings have finished with a No vote. #Áras25

Writing about the nomination process for the presidential election in @irishtimes.com Presidency is the highest political office and if we allowed everyone to compete, our ballot paper would probably look like an old-style phone book. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Vaguely reassuring that Teams is a program refusenik and refuses to work in many languages and universities.

Think Steen is the most likely Independent candidate to emerge in the remaining time. If she gets close to 20, pressure will increase on a lot of non-aligned Oireachtas members to put her in the race, even if they don’t support her arch conservative world view.

Was great to speak to @thejournal.ie for their Explainer podcast on nomination routes for the presidential election. Lots of candidates appearing before councils now but it’s an uphill battle for them all. Could be a very short presidential ballot. Listen back at www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...

New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...

Big calls ahead for FF, FG & SF. Parties can't allow elections to happen without their candidates in the fray. Voting is part habit, if supporters vote for a different party candidate at a presidental election, they might come back to the mother ship but they might not. #Aras2025

Only one way to do the 5km walk around the Hue imperial citadel in the 40 degree Vietnam heat: electric golf buggy.

There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.

#GAA Go is an amazing service. Late dinner in an unusually balmy 30 degrees in Vietnam and the All Ireland on the telly in the bar.

I’m with Marty, this is a remarkable turnaround by Tipperary #AllIreland

#GAAgo is amazing. Beaming the all-Ireland into my hotel room in Seoul.

That’s a wrap for the Seoul International Forum on Elections and the IPSA World Congress of Political Science. A fabulous week of research and engagement on elections and referendums.

Fantastic panel this evening on democratic innovations at the #IPSA2025 world congress. Part of a series of panels sponsored by the South Korean National Assembly. It was a great honour to share the stage with members of the assembly and to have so many also in the audience.

Thanks so much to Jennifer Piscopo (Royal Holloway), Diego Garzia (Lausanne) & Jennifer McCoy (Georgia State) for their contributions to Communicating Political Science Research to Politicians, Policymakers and the Public. Standing room. Thanks to everyone that attended #IPSA2025

It was a great pleasure to participate in the second panel yesterday at the Seoul International Forum on Elections with @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social Pablo Onate, Won-ho Park & Bumsoo Kim. Rho Tae-ak, Chairman of the Electoral Commission of South Korea gave the keynote at the start of the panel.

What better way to spend the day than discussing elections and electoral systems. And Ireland very well represented too.

Panel on ´Restoring Trust in Elections’ now at the Seoul International Forum on Elections #SIFE2025 with great panelists such as @ipsa.org president Pablo Onate, @theresareidy.bsky.social @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social Won-ho Park and Bum-soo Kim

At a workshop yesterday at Seoul National University @theresareidy.bsky.social giving a masterclass on recent Irish referendums

Thanks to everyone that attended the business meeting of Research Committee 23 -Elections, Citizens and Parties today. Welcome to the committee Vipin Kumar and Furqan Ahmed. We have a full programme of online seminars planned for the next two years, starting in September.

What a political line up for #IPSA2025. Ban Ki Moon delivers the lunchtime plenary and now the President of South Korea Lee Jae Myung is here to open the 2025 World Congress of Political Science.

Full house after an hour long security line for the opening ceremony. #IPSA2025 A day of high politics in Korea.

Lovely panel taking place now at #IPSA2025 remembering the life and work of Prof Leonardo Morlino. #Seoul

Anyone happen to recognise the (blurry!) logo on the hi viz? Or the person? Near the Windy Arbour Luas stop

Now that there is a small pause before the next election, train journeys have returned to more relaxing reading.

Gail and I wrote a chapter on issue salience and party positions. The most streamlined project I’ve worked on – thanks to the editors’ clear instructions and tight deadlines. 1️⃣ Election: 29 Nov 2024 2️⃣ First drafts due just two months (!) after election day 3️⃣ Final version due 5 March 2025

We are hoping that How Ireland 2024 will hit the shelves in late Summer with a launch in late September. Lots of great contributions on the campaign, manifestos and results from @janesuit.bsky.social @harrymcgee.bsky.social @gailmcelroy.bsky.social @stefanmueller.bsky.social and many more

A billion euro of Uisce Éireann funding touted as “additional” by senior government figures that wasn’t additional at all. The Taoiseach’s verdict on Israel’s aid blockade of Gaza. And the proposal to unmask protestors. Maeve O’Connell, Aidan Farrelly, Claire Scott, @theresareidy.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to Juan Carlos Ladines Azalia on successfully defending his PhD. Well done. It has been a pleasure supervising you with Dr Niall Duggan over the last few years. And special thanks to examiners Prof Luis Mah and Dr Aodh Quinlivan and to Dr David Fitzgerald for chairing the viva.

At least the rain stayed away for most of the match …. #MunvBul

Kamasi Washington was outstanding last night in the Opera House. What a treat.

Congratulations to Ricardo Freitas Rodrigues on a successful viva last week in the Dept of Government at UCC. And a particular note of thanks to the external examiner Álvaro Cairrão from Lisbon.

In between seminars and meetings, the clam chowder is as good as ever. #Boston

Wonderful seminar yesterday in @bostoncollege.bsky.social discussing the 2024 general election and US-Irish relations with Prof Gary Murphy from DCU Thanks to Prof Mary Murphy, Director of the Irish Institute for putting it all together and to the Clough Center for co-sponsoring.

Fabulous to speak at the Massachusetts State House about the 2024 general election on a panel with Prof Gary Murphy yesterday. Thanks to Prof Mary Murphy & Boston College for the invitation & to Rep John Lawn for arranging everything in the State House.

Does the opposition need a Ceann on a plate to move on from the speaking row? Could RPZs be replaced by reference rents? And love them or hate them? The Electoral Commission wants your opinion on election posters Grace Boland, Paul Donnelly, Gabija Gataveckaitė, Dr. Theresa Reidy

Love the Italians, ever stylish in defeat ..

Special day in Rome today for Ireland v Italy

It was a pleasure to attend the event on 125 years of local elections in Cork City Hall this afternoon. The Council Chamber is a most beautiful venue. Thank you to Lord Mayor Dan Boyle for organising the event and inviting us all.

Many thanks also to @theresareidy.bsky.social, the editor of the special issue on Cleavage Referendums that featured this article! You can find the full issue here: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

Cabinet list in full with number of promotions, changes www.rte.ie/news/politic... #Ireland #SpéirGorm