Presidential Election 2025

Heather had to deal with Connolly hogging the headlines this week- the positive for her is that whilst some might have reinforced their support for Connolly as a result , she also lost some support I would estimate - for some now, Connolly is just too far left. But how many? Not many if the polls today are to be believed.

Heather needs to up her game and blow the other two out of the water in the RTÉ debate - I’m just not sure she will -she seems too cautious - you only do that when you’re well ahead - she’s now significantly behind

I think a lot of people assumed Gavin would get a much greater share of the vote- his vote has essentially collapsed now - leaving very little room for transfers to Humphries - some of Gavins support may defect to Connolly - not that many but enough - but more than likely they may not turn out at all to vote - low voter turnout pretty much guarantees Connolly wins

basic level like the vast majority of the population? All of what, 10 words…

Well, thankfully being able to speak Irish to any level is NOT a requirement for the role.

I dont know about you but while i love the iriah language now i hated it in school. I have a hard time with english and for so.w reason i was forced to do two more languages. Iriah and german in school both of them were horrific i was never in trouble in any class except irish and german and i was always in trouvle in german and Irish.

I thibk that considering the job is being a representutive and head of state of ireland then learning iriah is important but just becasue Connolly learned it in school and Gavin didnt dosent mean she should be president. Heather humphries is the worst choice she said she was too tired to be a td so how cab she be a head of state 🙄

Connolly has spoken about making the effort as an adult. They all did Irish at school I think, only one has made the effort to be fluent in it as adults.

The only thing I can say about the Jim Gavin story re. the tenant is that the indo story mentioned he was banking with kbc and obviously kbc are now gone.

It's possible that he thinks he paid back but can't remember and can't get hands on old statements to be certain, so that's the delay. He obviously can't say he definitely did pay without receipts.

It happened to me a few months back that I got a letter from vet about non payment of visit from 2020. I was with kbc back then so had no easy way to check statements/etc, so had to wait until the Monday to ring the vet to clarify situation (it was a double charge, had been paid, all good). I was 99.999% certain I had no missed payments, but didn't have that absolute proof to confirm it.

It's possible that this is where Jim Gavin is at, but if he was wouldn't it be better to say so? Something like "I believe this was resolved back when it happened, but I need to check over old banking details to confirm which will take a few days. Once I have the info I'll provide it."

His half answers and dodging just make him look dodgy - possibly because he was or possibly because he doesn't know how to handle such a situation (proof again that a politician should run for politicians roles).

far from his bed he kept it - it was “walking around” money so it was 🤪