President Connolly

From the above link

Upon their arrival in Ireland, and before they can carry out their duties, new ambassadors must be officially welcomed by the President of Ireland. Ambassadors are officially accredited to Ireland from the moment that the President accepts their Credentials.

The President only does the formalities. The arrangements regarding ambassadors are entirely down to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

If there was a discussion between the President and the Minister or the departmental officials, we won't really know unless one of them talks about it or we wait for the 20 year rule to time out.

International relations and interactions with foreign governments are entirely a Government matter.

So nothing from our President. Interesting…

In the context of a decision to not accredit the Iranian Ambassador, she had the opportunity to express the views of the Irish people. All of the political parties, apart from PBP, have expressed their horror at what is happening. It is on an unprecedented scale in recent decades in terms of repression of their own people by a regime. I am baffled by the lack of response from her, as the opportunity was there. Going to leave it there.

She was adamant she would fulfil her constitutional duties. She personally would have nothing to do with Presentation of Credentials. That would be between the government and the country. The government would require the president to be there.

Details of his ultra aggressive behaviour were related on the RTÉ news at 1.

Uachtaran Catherine should at the very least issue a strongly worded warning particularly aimed to newcomers to Ireland NOT to engage in crime or any sort of violence.

I don't understand your point and what argument you are trying to make. It seems tangential at best to the main issue, or is some kind of distraction or diversion.

Every political party, except PBP, had condemned Iran's actions. They are the most repressive internal clampdowns by a regime on their own population in nearly 40 years, yet our President remains silent. She said she would speak for the oppressed. Where there is an issue like this that commands support across the political spectrum, from Sinn Fein to Fine Gael, surely the President should be out there speaking on behalf of the Irish people?

Is she on a speech hiatus or something?

Very quick off the mark to sympathise with the fate of Maduru’s henchmen,nothing so far of the 1000’s murdered by the Iranian regime

Your post is simply to me apologetic to her just pontificating on what suits her

Like animal farm,some wrongs to her are more equal than others

As for the delayed accreditation of the ambassador,at least the current minister of foreign affairs has some common sense

I believe the poster meant as a non executive President. Normal convention dictates that the Irish president does not comment on matters of the state which are the remit of the Government.

To me Connolly is doing what a President should do thus far. Unlike Higgins and his second term (in particular) where he didn’t give a damn what he said.

Look, I am not getting into any back and forth on this site, had enough of it elsewhere, but she is President now, and speaks for the Irish people. Again, the point you are making is at best, tangential.