Presidential Election 2025

“I referred to what we know - if she doesn't apologise, retract and pay appropriate compensation she will be taken to court. “

That is not a fact- it’s currently a threat made by some left wing TD with an axe to grind and thinks he’ll influence rational calm middle ground voters into not voting for HH- considering his name is already mud with such voters, he’s wasting his time and his money

Are you saying the letter doesn’t exist?

unless gavin is hanging on to a big chunk of votes that’s an insane amount of don’t knows just over a week before the election….

Willing to take that risk… Jim Gavin seems an honourable enough guy to say that he didn't want it and walk away…

What that would give us is a new election with a new different candidates… We can get better and deserve better than these two candidates for President IMHO….

Most people on this thread have gone for my candidate is not as bad as your candidate…

I find Connolly can be a bit tone deaf to others… She cycles around the city and fair dues to her for that but she has been a constant and major objector to the bypass in Galway… Galway's traffic is some the most chronic in the country…

She thinks that a small city like Galway can be served by public transport. It can but only if it can relief from through traffic.. Connemara has a population of 32,000, Galway City West has 65,000, Islands have 1,500… That puts estimated population of 90,000 people that live on west of the Corrib who need to get to the rest of the country over 4 bridges… Dominic St Bridge is not really usable, Salmon Weir Bridge is going to be public transport only… So that leaves two bridges, for 90,000 people.

This is my problem with Connolly. When crossing bridges we are usually going places that are not supported by Public Transport or Public Transport takes multiple times longer… West of Ireland isn't that populated… Connolly only think people are going to areas with bus stations… To drive across town right now from Knocknacarra to Ballybrit takes 12 min, Bus is 40 min, with taking time to get to the bus and back that is four times longer. Knocknacarra to Tuam has the same kind of ratio…

But if you are in Connemara it is way worse…

Point is Connolly just didn't care about that… She thought she was right and didn't see other people's problems in this particular issue.

Galway is on a choke point between the Corrib Lake and the Atlantic ocean. This attitude has massively divided the county (people don't know each other) and isolates Connemara especially from the rest of the country. Very hard to live in Connemara and work in Athenry or Tuam, you would have to leave…

I have listened to her talk about her solution but it simply will not work if are not from the city.

https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/43707/bypass-is-not-a-traffic-solution-says-connolly

I could got through all of the reasons but basically we implement much with only two bridges… The bypass is what is needed to let the city breath so it can implement some of her ideas and I would welcome them.

We have 4 times the cars on the roads since the last bridge was built. Rents are higher and students are traveling in from the other towns (Car is cheaper than Rent).

Her attitude would that M50, Macroom/Ballycollig Bypasses or Limerick Tunnel should not have been built… Imagine what Dublin, Cork or Limerick would be like without these. Galway has been looking for it for 30 years

8% spoil the vote?

Sounds made up.

I will guarantee the real numbers won't be the above.

As someone in a rural constituency I would say that a lot of the left parties presence here is either scarce or non-existent so the vote is never realised to its potential. It's fertile ground but the effort is rarely made and ultimately people will vote for who they think will deliver the best representation to the region, not who they ideologically align to.

I think we're a more left aligning country than our general and local elections would suggest but FF/FG and Independents are traditionally those who do the better groundwork at a local level.

I support the Irish language though I am not fluent in it. However it isn't No.1 issue for me.

Is it true about her family being in the orange order?

Tbf, she says she's a Republican

If those poll numbers stay true to next week, it will be an outstanding victory for CC but far more important it will be a real kick to the establishment.

As I've consistently stated, the polls are demonstrating a resistance to the meda framing of issues by many which is very welcome. There are real questions for many of these journos.

The methodology in this poll is face to face while RedC and Ireland Thinks use a panel based methodology. The face to face methodology is generally better.The Gavin % is a surprise as Humphreys was effectively counting on Gavin transfers to overtake Connolly. The last two RedC polls were problematic in that each of them was effectively two polls (a before a major event and after a major event) in one. This poll seems to have had a clean sample with no major events like a candidate dropping out.

The reduced DK% (Undecideds) is excactly what would be expected as the polling day approaches. Voting intentions crystalise in the last two weeks before an election.

The smears will be turned up to 11. (Spinal Tap reference.) There seemed to be an assumption that Gavin would poll around 12% and that does not seem likely now. Those transfers on which Humphreys was dependent would not happen. The DKs seem to be the only source for Humprheys and the Don't Knows may be influenced by Connolly's lead and decide not to vote. This poll looks more logical than the RedC poll as the RedC poll was essentially two polls in one. The problem may be that support for Humphreys, without Gavin providing transfers, may have plateaued. On Gavin's %, FF could be left with a 500K Euro bill for Martin's mistake.