Presidential Election 2025

Fair play for sending it off Cluedo. Would you be thinking of running nxt election?

I'd say out of her,probably thousands of, emails every day they'd be well filtered before she got the ones she needed to view. The chances yours got to her eye or ear would be probably zero. Even if you get a curt reply, unlikely it will be from her.

It shows she can’t think on her feet and will likely create any number of diplomatic incidents as President - a disastrous reply which she’ll suffer for at the polls

It was a ridiculous gotcha question

There is no way she could answer it that would please her detractors

If she said no, then it’s “so you lied about being in favour of rehabilitation - what’s the real reason you hired UNS “

If she said yes, it’s “she wants a rapist in the Áras”

She said she’d have to think about it and that is being jumped on too

Which is the correct answer by the way

A lot of factors and context need to be weighed to come to a decision like that

Is it a case of a 16 year old convicted of statutory rape of his 15 year old gf?

Should this person be barred from all jobs for life?

Is it a job where he would be working from home and not coming into contact with other people?

Is there a risk of reoffending?

She came back the next day and said for a job in LH the answer is no

I don’t think HH would have been treated any differently if she was asked the question

It’s the stupid gotcha mentality of political coverage these days

I listened once, that's enough. It brought her to the situation that she couldn't answer it directly because she knew if she said she wouldn't she'd have been asked what was the difference in that and the other person she employed. She dodged it. She's a spoofer. Whether or not the minister made a statement and was criticised for it, it was all a dodge from the other party leaders to throw attention away from her error in judgement.

They are TWO different questions.
1. Would you employ a 'rehabilitated rapist'?
2 Would you employ somebody on the Sex Offenders List?

Like Oscar, somehow in your mind No 2 was the question asked and you need to ask how you came to think that.

It doesn’t matter what she answered though, you still would’ve had a problem with it.

I’d take her ability to think on her feet over Heather Humphreys all day long too

Well, as a male, I wouldn't be so arrogant to decide that for any woman. And given 3 female leaders came out strongly against what J.C. MacNeill said, I don't think you can decide that either.

Good that you accept they were two different questions though.

“It doesn’t matter what she answered though, you still would’ve had a problem with it.”

Eh no, that is not at all true and completely without foundation - I was more than willing to state that CC’s responses and delivery at the radio debate the other day surpassed that of HH- I’ve also been critical of HH when I believed it was merited.
So sorry, yet again all I’m seeing here is undying devotion to CC and creating some sort of persecution complex against her- well it doesn’t work with me - I’ve proven I’m capable of giving praise to both candidates where it’s due - and to also criticise both candidates where necessary. Unfortunately that level of balance is not present in most posts supporting CC which is more the pity, as it would make for a far more interesting discussion

As I said before, communication is in the interpretation - this is a presidential election not an academic thesis - I’ve never changed a direct quote from Connolly so please don’t say I did- that is a falsehood -but if one candidate is so clumsy with wording that not only I but our national newspapers and our national broadcaster take her to task on it, I think it clearly shows that it’s not us, it’s her.


communication is in the interpretation

“What in tarnation does that even mean?”

Firstly I’ve already replied to you previously quoting Connolly around her insistence that Hamas as “part of the fabric of the Palestinian people”- they’re not, they’re a terrorist organisation of dwindling numbers who are fast losing the iron grip they had over an innocent people and they deserve whatever fate awaits them. I’m not going there with you again no matter how many times you repeat quotes from CC. Her quote from RTÉ stands- I haven’t amended it in anyway so stop saying that I have- that is not sincere posting .

As for communication, if someone says something that’s ambiguous or not clear in terms of where they stand overall on an issue , then yes, it is not the fault of the receiver of such a communication if they have a different interpretation of the intended message - it’s the fault of the sender.

https://www.thejournal.ie/catherine-connolly-hamas-palestine-israel-presidential-candidate-6824142-Sep2025/

Here is what you said:

when on the other hand you hear her preach about Hamas being an integral part of Palestinian society and that they must be part of the new Palestine

You did NOT hear her say that because she NEVER said it.