Presidential Election 2025

Just my thoughts for tonight. Relax and sleep posters, it's just the first opinion poll, margin for error and undecideds still leaves it a tight race. The actual election isn't for 2 weeks and 4 days. The country won't shut down or change much if Connolly wins and the Russians won't be invited to or try to take us over either.

I think CC's supporters are very relaxed - she was the outsider, now she's arguably the favourite though she may fall short at the end - she's causing hyperventilation in the centre/centre right media, and the NATO bros are hysterical - what's not to be relaxed about!!😊

Jim Gavin's supporters are far from relaxed, utterly perplexed as to why he's incapable of coming up with a convincing narrative over €3,000 FFS, laughable this guy wants to hold public office!

And HH, god love her, she thought it was a coronation for her and now she's out of retirement and has to actually work for this..she wasn't prepared for this…

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1005/1536926-jim-gavin/

Game changer -

Todays poll is now irrelevant

Honestly, I think it was the right call for the man. Walking away in a dignified fashion, now

As opposed to the near certainty of coming last

But it is a game changer -

Really strange decision, huge blow to MM and FF. HH big boost to her campaign, she should win now, I suspect.

I wonder are the ballot papers printed yet

He listened.

This also highlights the problem with just 3 candidates, if either of those remaining were to have a sudden health scare or change of mind because of the nature of the campaign the public will be left with a coronation.

Pathetic election with only 2 on the ballot. FFG now just running 1 candidate which will consolidate the vote.

I'm quite enjoying that Gavin has made an absolute holy show of MM by withdrawing more than two weeks before the election. MM has been almost dictatorial in insisting that Gavin be the FF candidate and also blocking any other candidates from getting onto the ballot.

Don’t give Ursula Ni Shionnain any ideas!

FF just handed FG the presidency.

The fiasco of only two candidates on the ballot is totally on FF and FG. It was made clear they would block 'any' candidate trying to go the Oireachtas or council route, even if they had been campaigning for a year.

Not sure what to make of the whole Jim Gavin saga. The man was a Dublin GAA legend and was well thought of in general GAA circles having spearheaded the new football rules which have improve it as a spectacle. Served his country and had a good job in Irish Aviation.

Now his reputation is in tatters, it seems as if he was in the wrong over the overpaid rent. And now the whole country knows about it. Hard to believe that he put himself forward while knowing this grenade was lurking in the background.

Now it leaves us pick between the loony leftie, who is principled, honest and a good speaker but who will not compromise her principles. I fear those principles would be put ahead of Ireland's interests should she be elected.

Or a fairly mediocre former government minister who's greatest appeal is that she probably won't cause any controversy and also show the hard-core unionists up North that we've moved on down here from sectarian politics.

A rather uninspiring choice.