Presidential Election 2025

I wonder will her Da's track record as an FF fundraiser in the wild west days get dragged up for discussion?

Her own participation in the FF government that crashed the economy would probably be question 1…

Senator Aubrey McCarthy has had two articles fishing for a nomination in the last few days.

Duffy would a bizarre choice. He's famous as a broadcaster of course but he doesn't strike me as presidential in the slightest or someone who would be suited to the role.

Odd article

https://www.kildarenow.com/news/local-news/1833147/breaking-kildare-man-eyes-bid-to-become-the-next-president-of-ireland.html

The Naas senator has been approached by people from across the spectrum to put his name forward

Sen McCarthy has been approached by a number of people inside and outside the Oireachtas encouraging him to run and these include retired judge Gillian Hussey, former TD Cathal Berry, councillors and journalists.

Article doesnt mention Gillian Hussey is on the board of his Tiglin charity.

Are these people actually across the political spectrum?

I presume the reporter didn't actually mean to suggest journalists are encouraging him to run but thats what he wrote.

On Saturday hosted a social event at his Punchstown home. 

It was attended by FF TD and government minister James Lawless, Sen Fiona O’Loughlin, Wicklow FG TD Edward Timmins, and Cllr Evie Sammon.

Also present were ambassadors from eight countries.

Did these politicians and civil servants know they were a backdrop for his presidential election pre-campaign?

Even the Gavan Reilly interview is weird. https://x.com/gavreilly/status/1939014274250101083

Its starts off seemingly mid-discussion. "By your own admission you've been contacted by people asking you if….? By his own PR!? How did this interview come about? Were Virgin Media contacted by a PR company? Why did Gavreilly traipse to Greystones for this?

Hanafin PRing herself on the Brendan O'Connor Show. Pressuring Michaél to let her run.

Indo suggesting that former TD and now UNICEF Ireland director Peter Power is looking for the FF nomination.

Bertie continues to be inserting himself in to public life in a way he hasn't done for over a decade too; so definitely don't write him off as trying for it.

FF nomination process could be the hilarity we need in silly season.

That's not exactly true, opposition TDs can bring motions to the Dáil if the govt doesn't oppose them then they can become law. A social Democrat proposal on parental leave a few years ago became law for example. I accept it was the exception than the rule mind

Yes, gilmores promises never came true, in fact they did the exact opposite of what people expected of them when they got into govt. Whether they were outlandish promises or not is more an opinion than fact I'd argue

In any case, for me and many others who relied on these promises, their actions left a bad taste in our mouths

I have seen Sean Kelly's potential candidacy floated elsewhere and while you are correct that paper never refused ink, there's rarely smoke without fire either

Fionnan Sheehan lays out the challenges/stakes for FF and FG.

Anything other than a victory for McGuinness in November’s election, though, will be a huge disappointment for Fine Gael. After leading the party to its worst ever general election result, where his own abject campaign performance played a part, Harris would again come under the spotlight. And this time out Fine Gael is in firmer contention than in 1990, when the presidential result, off the back of a poor general election a year earlier, brought an end to the leadership of Alan Dukes.

Martin, meanwhile, enters the presidential election on pretty low expectations. But Fianna Fáil being back as the big beast in politics – albeit a far cry from the halcyon days – means he can’t credibly sit out the contest. Fianna Fáil hasn’t run a presidential campaign in 28 years, since Mary McAleese’s first outing, or had a serving politician as a candidate in 35 years, since Brian Lenihan Sr’s ill-fated candidacy.

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Cautious by nature, Martin will want a candidate who is clear on the ground rules that they are the Fianna Fáil candidate and not merely running their own private campaign under the party banner. Former junior minister Peter Power, who Martin is talking to, is far less high profile but would know his place, leaving party HQ in control of the sort of disciplined campaign the Taoiseach will want.

The absolute desperation non stories being shoved out is beyond ridiculous.

My neighbours dog hasnt been approached and apparently isnt considering it either.

Or the left cant find anyone. https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/06/30/opposition-parties-cooling-on-possibility-of-joint-left-candidate-for-presidential-race/

That is more the other left parties being wary of Sinn Fein doing a solo run.

You could see Sinn Fein backing off a unified candidate if they felt that their own candidate could out-poll them. Bit of a fox in the chicken house problem for the other left parties.