Race for the ARAS 2025

[weareros]

Looks like it's all over for the Irish Trumpies who wanted to use presidential election to restart up culture wars over marriage equality, women's choice. Good riddance.

[Armagh18]

Looks like it's all over for the Irish Trumpies who wanted to use presidential election to restart up culture wars over marriage equality, women's choice. Good riddance.

Think in the interests of fairness Steen should be allowed run and let the people decide to reject her.

[Rossfan]

Elected politicians rejected her.
Anyway it's a 3 horse race.
Hopefully we don't all die of boredom as the candidates try to avoid saying anything for the next month.

[RedHand88]

Looks like it's all over for the Irish Trumpies who wanted to use presidential election to restart up culture wars over marriage equality, women's choice. Good riddance.

Think in the interests of fairness Steen should be allowed run and let the people decide to reject her.

Nah there's a good reason to prevent every Tom Dick and Harry running.

[weareros]

Looks like it's all over for the Irish Trumpies who wanted to use presidential election to restart up culture wars over marriage equality, women's choice. Good riddance.

Think in the interests of fairness Steen should be allowed run and let the people decide to reject her.

The Irish constitution provides a few routes. She joined the race in late August, failed to get 4 local authorities, failed to get 20 members of the Oireachtas. Her aunt Joan Freeman secured 4 local authorities and ran in 2018. Another conservative Catholic Dana secured 4 county councils. She as far as I know only pitched one council. The far right are now whingeing about democracy. Will she form a political party tomorrow and do the hard constituency work and try to get elected members of Dáil or county councils. Will she feck.

[Armagh18]

Looks like it's all over for the Irish Trumpies who wanted to use presidential election to restart up culture wars over marriage equality, women's choice. Good riddance.

Think in the interests of fairness Steen should be allowed run and let the people decide to reject her.

Nah there's a good reason to prevent every Tom Dick and Harry running.

Yeah I get that, but she'd  a decent amount of support, but hardly matter anyway she more than likely wouldn't have got in

[Fogarty]

The government parties ran a tight ship this time to make sure their members didn't break ranks and give Steen or any others the nod.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Looks like it's all over for the Irish Trumpies who wanted to use presidential election to restart up culture wars over marriage equality, women's choice. Good riddance.

Think in the interests of fairness Steen should be allowed run and let the people decide to reject her.

Yes,but she didn't really pound the pavements. She let Tobin do the Oireachtas bit and went to a couple of councils. A bit more shoeleather and she would have probably gotten 4 councils.

[Rossfan]

If she'd been a genuine independent as opposed to a representative of the Iona Institute she'd likely have got on the ballot paper.

[Truthsayer]

Good news. Bad enough FF/FG carve-up without the Catholic Church representing Ireland again. Some irony Steen talking about 'oppressive'.
And her big fan club Aontú eulogising Charlie Kirk last week.

[Dag Dog]

This is going to sound odd, but little Miggledy is considered an adorable little old man with his dogs and schoolkids love him. It's all vibes and then you have people making fun art prints and tea cosys, etc.
He uses this soft power to speak out and push the boundary of what the President should say. But even then his cuddly persona and views sit well with the middle class.

Does it though? Yes, the media fawn over him, but there is big chunk of people who think he's a cantankerous old git who overstepped the mark more and more as his presidency went on.

[Truthsayer]

Not sure what Michael D's height has to do with anything. I'd say he was very popular President and not just with the media as suggested. If he could run again he'd win easy.
Was at the AI hurling final and he got a standing ovation from the crowd. He's plenty of detractors but big majority would have good time for him. Spoke up forcibly on Palestine and other issues when needed.
 Also didn't doff the cap to Unionism when declining to join them in celebrating partition of Ireland on 100th anniversary.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Apparently Steen approached the Ceann Comhairle and leas Ceann Comhairle for nominations.

As she is on the Council of State and he is FF, no dice.

Odd she didn't know that.

[Rossfan]

Those that don't like MDH are mainly the sort who'd want Ms Steen san Áras

[Armagh18]

This is going to sound odd, but little Miggledy is considered an adorable little old man with his dogs and schoolkids love him. It's all vibes and then you have people making fun art prints and tea cosys, etc.
He uses this soft power to speak out and push the boundary of what the President should say. But even then his cuddly persona and views sit well with the middle class.

Does it though? Yes, the media fawn over him, but there is big chunk of people who think he's a cantankerous old git who overstepped the mark more and more as his presidency went on.
 

Most of that chunk are twats though and pro Israel gobshites.