Presidential Election 2025

Well, she is a de facto declared candidate unless Labour, SDs and PBP were to withdraw their promised support for her.

Kelleher was saying yesterday he was considering it since June, even thought he told RTE he hadn't considered it at all as of Tuesday https://bsky.app/profile/deshocks.bsky.social/post/3lxmvpegmfs2h

I'm saying a large majority of those who bother to come out in Dublin will. And thats all he needs, is to lead in that large cohort.

The polling stats will prove me right.

Also, calm down.

I'm not big fan of Michael D, but I tell ya one thing, he certainly has the one key quality and ingredient in comparison to names I am hearing as 2025 runners, and that is statesmanship! None the names I am hearing has that vibe/quality!

I agree with parts of that.There will always be an asterisk beside those All Ireland wins.They we're a great team and would have won most of those games but not the 6 in a row without the massive unfair advantages they had.The vast majority of the GAA world know this.

However that doesn't change the fact that Gavin is a very successful, capable guy in football and in his professional life.Hes not a politician looking to retire to the handy retirement of the Aras.

He's contributed more to this country than HH or CC in my opinion as such will get my vote.

Michael D. got a bit too fond of the auld 'statesmanship' at times, for the liking of many.

Make no mistake, I admire the man, but I've also seen him in action for decades, and the airs and graces he and Mz. Coyne developed in the 14 years at the Mansion made quite a few old Labour people of my acquaintance cringe.

He also failed to coordinate his message with government at times, and while he may have been justified in what he said, the President's office cannot operate as a shadow department of foreign affairs.

I suspect that may have been quite high in Micheál's thinking when he put Jim Gavin forward. An articulate thinker, an organiser, a conduit for ideas, but above all a stickler for order and protocol.

Are you forgetting their own candidate last time pretty said the same thing as G'OD?

It was a stupid remark because you called them our less sophisticated country cousins, thus implying that all voters in Dublin are sophisticated and would put deep thought into whether or not they'd vote for him. I'd reckon he'd be planning on hoovering up the less sophisticated and sophisticated votes in all counties, especially Dublin. I'd also think that many sophisticated voters will vote for him if he gets the nomination because of his record within the GAA, they'd love to have him as the president lining out in croke Park on final days. Players and officials would love to shake his hand. They'd regard it as having one of their own in the job. As much a big deal for the GAA as the party that nominates him.

Well to be fair,not wanting a left candidate to win the Áras and thinking a candidate is sound are fair reasons

There are plenty of posters on this site with similar views except towards an FF or FG candidate in any election ie having glee if they lose