❌ Offaly County Council DOES NOT nominate Gareth Sheridan for #aras25. An FG/FF-led proposal to back no candidates is carried by 11 to 5. That all but ends the 36-year-old’s presidential aspirations. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

❌ Gareth Sheridan FAILS to get nominated for #aras25 by Meath Co Co - his nomination (supported by Inds and smaller parties) is opposed by FF and FG, and defeated by ONE vote, 14 to 13. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Councils deciding on #aras25 stances today: Meath Monaghan Sligo Leitrim Offaly Clare Cork County Kildare Westmeath Kilkenny Limerick City & County Louth

Full membership of the UN is granted by a vote of the General Assembly, upon recommendation of the Security Council. The UK’s move today, and that of France this week, means the only permanent member opposed to Palestine’s membership is the United States.

People of #SpeirGorm: your hot takes on SF backing Connolly please

A friend is taking on a full Ironman in memory of her sister, who sadly died last year, and hopes to raise funds for Transplant Sport Ireland. Marie is self funding the trip to Italy, so 100% of the donations go to Transplant Sport Ireland. www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/M...

Bertie Ahern says he had 25 members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party (out of 71) lined up to support him Five of those 71 could have put his name on an internal ballot Only one of those 71 expressed any public interest in backing him Notwithstanding man’s distractions, the Earth still turns

#aras25 today: ✅ Waterford City & County Council nominates Kieran McCarthy, former ‘Singing’ Lord Mayor of Cork ❌ Carlow no nomination; Sheridan loses vote ❌ Wexford no nomination; FF/FG propose ❌ South Dublin no nomination; Inds propose and no opposition 13 remaining councils to decide Monday

There should be a German word for ‘deleting the baby monitor app from your phone’.

Dáil resumes with a call from the Ceann Comhairle, Verona Murphy, for a meeting with all party and group leaders on a "consensus response" to a rising culture of political threats @virginmedianews.bsky.social

That poor kid.

Paudie has passed away. RIP u will live on forever. Cant believe it. I wanna run to u. Really cant believe this. @ (#TraitorsIRL)

✅ Gareth Sheridan gets his second nomination to contest the Presidency - Tipperary County Council gives him its backing this afternoon. He is the most popular candidate after councillors vote 20-19 in favour of approving *someone* - two FG councillors produced the swing votes, defying wishes of HQ

Today in #aras25: ✅ Gareth Sheridan nominated by Kerry ❌ Dublin City ❌ Cork City ❌ Galway City ❌ Longford ❌ Roscommon ❌ Laois All voted against nominating anyone. ⏰ Kildare ⏰ Westmeath Heard candidates but won’t vote until next week. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

✅ Gareth Sheridan is the first #aras25 to secure a nomination from a local authority. Councillors in Kerry Co Co have today voted to nominate him for the Presidential Election. The council heard presentations from candidates last week. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Conor McGregor has withdrawn from the Presidential election. #aras25 (Will await @newschambers.bsky.social’s sounding of the hunger games klaxon)

#aras25 poll: Business Post/Red C (Sept 4-9, MoE 3%) H Humphreys 22 ML McDonald 21 J Gavin 18 C Connolly 17 P Casey 6 M Steen 5 N Delehanty 4 G Sheridan 2 others 2 www.businesspost.ie/politics/red...

NEW: Maria Steen secures support of ten Oireachtas members for the Presidency after a mini-caucus at Leinster House today - she says she’s optimistic about getting another ten to reach the 20 she needs for the ballot paper. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

A boost for Gareth Sheridan’s Áras ambitions: he will be the *only* #aras25 candidate given a hearing at a meeting of Carlow Co Co next week. Carlow has chosen only to hear from people who already have a proposer and seconder for their nomination; Sheridan is the only one.

Note to any other #aras25 aspirants: most councils have already closed the window for expressing an interest to them

Geldof has bowed out. He won't be running for President. #Aras25 *hunger games cannon sound*

There’s just a huge square of grass where other teams usually keep these things called ‘midfields’ www.the42.ie/armenia-irel...

Worse than Cyprus. Motherofgod

Jim Gavin is the Fianna Fáil nominee for President - he wins the secret ballot 41 to 29. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

All downhill from here

The Bettystown Batistuta. Moooooon Ireland

Flat Out.

His formal request to Dublin City Council has now gone in

Breaking

NEW: Bertie Ahern rules himself OUT of the presidential election, telling supporters he could not consider running as an independent - and admitting he could not secure the Fianna Fáil nomination without the backing of Micheál Martin @virginmedianews.bsky.social #aras25

As of this evening the MMA Man has not actually applied to the councils to ask them for a nomination. He’s asked people to lobby councillors in favour of a nomination he hasn’t sought.

Heather Humphreys: on the ballot Billy Kelleher: forces internal contest Jim Gavin: inching closer to wrapping it up Joanna Donnelly: seeking a nomination! Polling date: set.

Fianna Fáil #aras25 endorsements list docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

We promise good chat, interesting insight, a peek behind the curtain, and shelter from whatever the poxy Laois weather throws up

Timely - full sit down with Catherine Connolly out today. Chunk on the news on @virginmedianews.bsky.social at 12.30, 5.30 and 7. Comprehensive topics: - Can she win if Sinn Féin enters the race? - Frustration at being the only candidate in it. - The Syria trip. - Are Labour fully behind her?

Big marketing boost for the Chargers-Chiefs preseason game in Brazil on Friday night

Virgin Media News polled members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party. Almost all are keen for the party to get involved in #aras25, and almost all want to run an internal candidate (rather than a civil society outsider)… …and a clear majority said if Bertie Ahern wants it, FF should run him.

On this evening five years ago: members of the Oireachtas Golf Society sat down for a dinner. Or was it two dinners? Anyway. Five years.

Nine hours after entering the race, Heather Humphreys has secured the Fine Gael presidential nomination. She has the backing of 38 members of the parliamentary party, versus Seán Kelly’s 5 - but there aren’t enough other signatures left for Kelly to force a contest. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

Looking like Heather Humphreys is so popular with the Fine Gael parliamentary party that, if there were to be a full ballot, she would be unassailable - and that Sean Kelly may have a battle on his hands even to get the 20 signatures needed for a contest. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly tells @antonsavage.bsky.social he will “reconsider” his position about contesting the presidency, in light of Mairéad McGuinness’s withdrawal. He will wait to see what the FG national executive “has in mind” before a decision. @virginmedianews.bsky.social

The blessings of the feast of St Peggy Gallagher be with you all.

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Daft idea: thinking UK teenagers looking for porn will not realise there are many free VPNs available Dafter idea: not realising they giving people a gateway to VPNs will lead to even murkier content Daftest idea: the regulator publishing a list of porn sites operating without ID/age verification

Hulk Hogan was likely to miss his connecting fight to Austin for SxSW in 2015, but an unexpected security delay to his flight from Atlanta meant Hogan was actually able to make the plane after all. When he heard about the delay, he asked to meet the man responsible for saving him. And thus…

The path seems clear for Mairéad McGuinness to be the sole Fine Gael candidate for #aras25 - Sean Kelly MEP (who was touted for a third time) says entering the race “is not the right move at this point in time”. ⁦‪@virginmedianews.bsky.social

Mary Lou McDonald in March, asked about contesting the presidency: “Well, it won’t be me!” Mary Lou McDonald today, asked about contesting the presidency: not commenting on any specific possible candidates …

The 1975 had good staging. And shite music.

Lot to unpack here www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/...