Presidential Election.

Care to explain what misogynistic statement I made?

Women are absolutely allowed have opinions and they can also be called bigots for holding bigotted opinions too.

Also one benefit about NGOs is we know where their money comes from, where does Iona's money come from?

I hope she gets on the ballot, or if not Steen, then at least another alternative candidate such as Ganley or Delehanty gets on. It will be good barometer of how the electorate are currently, away from the unreliability of opinion polls.

Your misogynistic attitude to a woman who holds different opinions to you is blatant. You know better, than any woman, what a woman should think. It's actually repulsive but typical of a radicalized individual.

How big of you, women are allowed to have opinions. Just one's you agree with though, right. Ya…it's quiet clear the type you are!

You are the one getting your knickers in a twist cause a women says things you don't like. I would welcome her in a race, I wouldn't yet necessarily vote for her, she would have to navigate the campaign successfully but I wouldn't hesitate to vote for her. If she did get on the ballot, she would do very well, a lot better than radicals like you believe.

I vividly remember the hysterics from posters on here, the media and political class in the 2018 campaign when Casey went from 2% to 20% first preference votes, Steen would have you all in convulsions if she managed to get on the ballot…this forum would be even funnier than it was in the US elections last year, I got some laugh at all the idiots losing their minds because they couldn't see it coming. The same would happen here again.

Catherine Connolly could get more support than expected, especially if she speaks out against the zionist genocide etc.

I'm enjoying watching you and others getting worked up at the possibility of her inclusion. I am hoping she gets on the ballot as this place will be great fun. I often pop into the Trump thread, or the Gript thread for a good laugh watching radicals foam at the mouth over the scent of a person, politician, media outlet who have the temerity to question the ridiculous orthodoxy of the progressive quasi religious belief system. What makes you a misogynist is your dripping disdain for a woman who says things you don't like. You aren't even aware of it.

This is currently shaping up to be the dullest campaign yet, just the way the political establishment likes it…it needs a jolt. Steen would be my bet for the biggest jolt, which is why the political establishment will all they can to block her, and if she gets over that, the media will try to destroy her too….and the morons will believe that it is her and her supporters are the ones who are radicalized….we saw all this in 2018.

You're sounding pretty worked up... You can repeatedly call me a misogynist but everyone is free to check the post that made you do so. It was me being critical of her position on the marriage and repeal referendum and the fact she's a member of the Iona Institute. All valid and not remotely gendered. You're just simply avoiding the fact she lacks credibility as a candidate and attacking any poster who's does so instead of refuting it.

Also FYI. Michael D Higgins won in 2018. Peter Casey then failed at a run to be an MEP. These groundbreaking moments are pretty dull.

That's a no then, ironic you complaining at people for attacking Maria Steen for disagreeing with her beliefs when all you've done is attack people who disagree with you...

I’d love to know why it will take SF until the 20th September to come to a decision. I think FF and SF have taken way too much time to come to even start the process of selecting a candidate for the election.

I don’t know that MM and MLMD have been doing for the last couple of months.

I think it's mainly to limit the scandal cycle. A short run limits the runs for the press to find controversies. If it's somebody unexpected, even better.

I think it won't go down well with the FF core voters. It will go down well in Dublin GAA circles, but the rest of Dublin (a sizeable amount!!) won't give a shite about a former football manager.

Even within the wider GAA fraternity, they're hardly going to be overly enthused at the prospect of voting for a Dub who won 6 in a row, and looked almost nonplussed whenever they won a match.

He's a boring, dour man in his public persona. He may be an inspirational character in a closer interaction, but a president needs to be able to be able to convince that they're more than a process-driven manager.