Presidential Election 2025

Listening to Kelleher on MI, they're trying to push him on the leadership issue. I'd feel from the undertones of his answers that , if not sinking, MM is at least badly damaged. Jack Chambers getting it too.

he's clearly fuming and disgusted though, he did well in that interview.

 All this election has done it drive the wedge between the ordinary Joe and the political class even deeper.

A bit over blown imo.

Not great for politics but I think it has more to do with MM's dictatorial style of leadership than anything else. It was his way or the highway.
He might be on that highway himself…or certainly should be.

the smugness! A huge cohort of people in this country have NOBODY to vote for, NOBODY that aligns with their beliefs, is that so hard to believe? We are not all living in your bubble. How can these 2 candidates represent everybody in the country and if they do surely that's a terrible reflection on this country, that there is no divergence, no debate, no alternative.

This is meant to be a democratic country yet we are dictated to more and more by our Government about what we can think and who we can and cannot vote for (or who cannot even get on the ballot). Is shameful.

Think the OP is being sarcastic.

You're claiming the same nonsense over in the CA forum and I addressed your point there.

If Maria Steen and Gareth Sheridan wanted to be on the ballot they would have been canvassing with months if not years before the nomination process. Both were opportunists that only went for it once Máiréad McGuinness pulled out due to health issues.

If you want Steen on the next presidental election ballot I'd suggest you join Aontu and try to get more councillors and TD's who represent that party elected. Or conservative independent candidates. The political position of Steen is represented in our councils and Dáil, but it has very little support as evidenced by her failure to secure the required nominations to get on the ballot.

Gavin is gonna be collateral damage with all of the infighting that has kicked off within FF today.

Yep. The second order effects of these screw-ups are always more devastating than the initial screw-up. Worst case is a potential GE in late 2025/early 2026. Under Martin, FF had become largely indistinguishable from FG and that loss of identity is a problem for FF.

Yep, he's in survival mode. feed Gavin to the sharks to protect himself and his leader

Yep, it's all Jim's fault, we was duped.

Chambers would wanna watch his back. Martin will throw him to the wolves if he can.

“Under Martin, FF had become largely indistinguishable from FG and that loss of identity is a problem for FF.”

The two parties have essentially existed for the last decade to keep SF out of power- that’s not a long term strategy for political survival and we can see the growth in the far left and indeed the far right ever since.

There’s also no “good news” out there- we’re slowly losing our corporate cash cows of billions in taxes- our housing crisis and homeless crisis has dominated politics and the economy and it’s not going to end - meanwhile AI and technology will likely take more jobs than it will provide for.
I can feel a pretty big recession coming very soon and I can also see SF in power next election albeit a rainbow coalition -too many people are dissatisfied - and it’s not just the poor or the unemployed or the uneducated - it’s the traditional FF voters who are struggling also - Martin should exit now and get some EU job because things are going to get a lot more uncomfortable in Irish politics over the next year