Presidential Election.

Before the election on Friday week? :) This presidential election already has had some impact. It has weakened Martin's position as leader of FF and is succession plans (Chambers as his successor and a run at the Aras in 2032) are in trouble. Harris already screwed up in the GE (the Kanturk incident) and there are some FGers like Carroll MacNeill who seem to want to replace him.

The quote doesn't point to it being unlawful or unconstitutional though, it's entirely out of of context. So I'm inclined to say in a weeks time, this story will continue to be irrelevant.

Not sure this is going shift anything for Humphreys. Her endorsements by former politicians has totally failed to get her any traction.

At least they were potentially quoting from the right hearing.

Conveney does sincerity really well. He might have got a higher vote than Humphreys. The decision to restrict councillors by Harris was stupid. A wider range of candidates would have engaged more voters and especially some conservative voters (Steen) who might have transferred to Humphreys. Without those conservative and other voters, the lack of engagement breaks it down into a party support issue for Humphreys with few transfers from people who will still vote for Gavin. The lack of engagement is also showing up in the IT poll. It is like Harris simply doesn't understand the importance of transfers.

Steen couldn't even get Michael McDowell on side.… That's a pretty big sign of how credible plenty from her own side viewed her. And this is before attack campaigns etc. Most of the electorate have likely forgotten how she was particularly snide to both same sex couples and their children back in 2015. And that's just one example I can think of that would be dug up. Steen's history would have worked entirely against her..

I see Ruth Dudley Edwards is enlisting Eoghan Harris and is now canvassing for Connolly.😁

In the words of Eoghan Harris, the legendary Irish political commentator, Ireland is going through “a period of mass, self-harming frenzy.

It’s as if the electorate is not a nation but a student demonstration.”Looking at the looming democratic catastrophe that could be the Irish presidential election on Oct 24, it seems he may be right.

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 “In spite of her holding domestic and foreign policy positions that run counter to our national interest, a mindless mob seems intent on landing us with Connolly as president.”

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/15/ireland-might-make-most-shameful-decision-yet/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNdmLZleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETExQTVCTmFmSXc2R3JtUVZmAR5GNX_kuOtf06hznwTqlrum2u4-AUOmI7eTD4eN27d0TAeuHvoRJArbbRMatA_aem_PYEOmfn8V21MpGDbqyt70A

Extraordinary arrogance from both Harris and Martin. They thought that by keeping all other candidates out of the race that the electorate would quite happily vote their candidates by default.

Harris in particular is walking on thin ice. His treatment of the Kanturk woman and Harvey Sheratt's parents was appalling and made him toxic. A poor showing in the last election and now a potential defeat of his candidate to Catherine Connolly of all people should be a firing offence.

This is Ireland though, where grotesque incompetents like Simon Harris are rewarded.