Presidential Election 2025

You don't see any problem with a government party paying a radio presenter to coach their candidate for a debate, which that radio presenter then hosted a panel on the radio the following morning analysing how that candidate did, while hiding the fact he was coaching him?

You see nothing wrong with that? At all?

Ivan Yates…. FF really see him as some sort of media “guru”. In the words of Eamon Dunphy “he’s a spoofer Bill” anyway if you’re wanting a good laugh with the benefit of hindsight listen to the path to power episode 86, where Yates shoves it down our necks that it was Gavins election. To lose and he’d put Connolly at 15/1….🙄🙈😂

https://cdn.radiocms.net/media/005/archive/234816-last-word-matt-cooper/03_11_2025.mp3 mp3 at 55 minutes I think Coopers reaction was a bit exaggerated.

You can listen to Matt on Newstalk with Anton savage https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/sunday-newspaper-panel-2nd-november/id1589477493?i=1000734840675 on Sunday discuss it a bit more.

She’s just trying to curry favour with the Govt and EU

https://cdt.europa.eu/en/news/irish-gains-full-status-official-language-eu

So you got your spiel in over a spelling mistake that I'd say 100% of us reading it understood.

After your grammar correction, are you against fox hunting as it was part of the presidential debate?

For it, not necessarily the full blown hound kills. A ban on fox hunting on horseback can easily be overcome using scented drags and I've been on hunts using them and live bait. I never hunted for the sake of the hunt, I've used it to train and give horses experience and used it as a sales tool for horses.

Robert O’Brien is a bona fide lunatic who served as national security advisor for Trump last time round. Despite his surname he is no friend of Ireland’s. Here he is in the WSJ knocking Connolly’s win in the election.

President Trump has consistently proclaimed the U.S. will no longer tolerate countries that reap the benefits of America’s economic strength and military protection while pursuing foreign policies that undermine American interests. Ireland is one such nation.

The Emerald Isle has benefited disproportionately from the creation of a world that American security, American capitalism and American sacrifice helped build. But following the recent presidential election of far-left candidate Catherine Connolly, tensions between Washington and Dublin are set to heighten. 

Ireland’s president-elect embodies antagonism toward American interests. She has said that Ireland “certainly cannot trust” the U.S. and has criticized the U.K. and France for their links to the so-called global military industrial complex. She accused the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of “warmongering” before the Ukraine war began. And in 2018 Ms. Connolly traveled to Baathist Syria with known Iranian and Russian boosters on an alleged fact-finding mission.

Ireland is finding its voice in international affairs, but it’s one that seems increasingly hostile to U.S. interests. Ireland is the most antagonistic country to Israel in the Western world. Israel’s ambassador in Dublin has been withdrawn. Ireland was one of the first Western democracies to recognize a Palestinian state…

And so on. Connolly will have to be careful. There are many like O’Brien in the administration looking for a fight.

Wasn't expecting anything different, had hoped for progress but DUP/TUV not ready yet to lose the fear.

Not buying the excuse either, you have deputy leaders for a reason, wouldn't have been hard to be represented.

I hope we haven't elected a puppet.

If you don't know, you don't know!

A country totally dependent on fdi for its economic survival needs people who know.

Here's a homegrown industry i hope does well. Won't be as catchy as Michael Tea Higgins, but pre orders are good 😀.

"She has …. criticized the U.K. and France for their links to the so-called global military industrial complex. She accused the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of “warmongering” before the Ukraine war began."

…and in this, if nothing else, he was perfectly right.