Race for the ARAS 2025

[Armagh18]

Pearse Doherty calls Gavin out already for comments made on Palestine.

[Rossfan]

As someone said tge only one not on the list is Walter Mitty!

https://www.shannonside.ie/news/21-candidates-seek-presidential-support-in-roscommon-272744

[ardtole]

As someone said tge only one not on the list is Walter Mitty!

https://www.shannonside.ie/news/21-candidates-seek-presidential-support-in-roscommon-272744

Im suprised Maria Steen wasn't on the list.

[Baile Brigín 2]

As someone said tge only one not on the list is Walter Mitty!

https://www.shannonside.ie/news/21-candidates-seek-presidential-support-in-roscommon-272744

Im suprised Maria Steen wasn't on the list.

Flatley has gone awful quiet too...

I understand Steen is going down the 20 Oireachtas route. Tobin claims he has mid teens who will back her.

[DaleCooper]

A real shame. Ireland could have had an action movie star as President.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbird_(2018_film)

Is Pierce Brosnan available or eligible?

[Rossfan]

As someone said tge only one not on the list is Walter Mitty!

https://www.shannonside.ie/news/21-candidates-seek-presidential-support-in-roscommon-272744

Im suprised Maria Steen wasn't on the list.

Flatley has gone awful quiet too...

I understand Steen is going down the 20 Oireachtas route. Tobin claims he has mid teens who will back her.

Aontú, Ind Ireland, Nolan,is that Mullen lad still a Senator?.
Mid teens sounds a bit on the high side.

[Baile Brigín 2]

As someone said tge only one not on the list is Walter Mitty!

https://www.shannonside.ie/news/21-candidates-seek-presidential-support-in-roscommon-272744

Im suprised Maria Steen wasn't on the list.

Flatley has gone awful quiet too...

I understand Steen is going down the 20 Oireachtas route. Tobin claims he has mid teens who will back her.

Aontú, Ind Ireland, Nolan,is that Mullen lad still a Senator?.
Mid teens sounds a bit on the high side.

What I read was the independents might row in. Or at least Tobin claims they might. The Kerry goolie might have pushed for HH, but he signed nothing. Would it surprise you for him to informally back HH but formally back MS?

[Rossfan]

Facilitating democracy etc, just to give the people a choice,blah blah (like Connolly nominating mad Gemma).
Mattie McGrath would sign for Steen too no doubt.
Edit : going through list of TDs/Senators I'd see 18 who'd likely to sign.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Facilitating democracy etc, just to give the people a choice,blah blah (like Connolly nominating mad Gemma).
Mattie McGrath would sign for Steen too no doubt.

I don't understand Connolly on this.

'She hadn't gone mental when I nominated her, she fooled a lot of people, I regret it in hindsight'.

Line of attack dead.

[seafoid]

Pearse Doherty calls Gavin out already for comments made on Palestine.

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/09/11/taoiseach-accuses-sinn-fein-of-nasty-attack-on-jim-gavin-over-gaza-remarks/
Taoiseach Michéal Martin has accused Sinn Féin of "nasty" and negative tactics after the Opposition party criticised the Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin over remarks he made about the war in Gaza.

In an interview this week, Mr Gavin had called for an end to the bombing in Gaza while noting it continued even after Israel's "military objectives have probably been reached".


Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty described Mr Gavin's remarks as "shocking" and "disgraceful" in the context of the scale of Palestinian casualties. Mr Doherty said the comments should be "withdrawn".

However, Fianna Fáil hit back, arguing that the rival party was "starting its negative campaign" as it recognised Mr Gavin was a "strong candidate".

[seafoid]

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/09/11/maria-steen-said-to-have-backing-of-10-oireachtas-members-to-enter-presidential-election/
Ten Oireachtas members are said to have given commitments to conservative campaigner Maria Steen to nominate her to enter the presidential election. Mr Tóibín named eight of them as himself; party colleagues deputy Paul Lawless and Senator Sarah O'Reilly; Independent TDs Mattie McGrath and Carol Nolan; and Senators Joe Conway, Rónán Mullen and Sharon Keogan.

He said: "There are two others who have given a commitment at the meeting that they will sign.

[Rossfan]

She won't make the 20 so.

[armaghniac]

She won't make the 20 so.

She might, these first 10 are people who actively support her. Others may legitimately feel that she should be allowed run and that nomination should not solely be in the hands of political parties.
Fintan O'Toole had a point, you might not choose to vote for her, but she is a fitting candidate.

[ardtole]

I find the 3 nominated candidates to date underwhelming, if Maria Steen is afforded the opportunity to run I would certainly vote for her.

[From the Bunker]

No doubt Jim Gavin is a smart enough man. But he has the charisma of a loaf of bread.

Luckily I care as much about who is President as I do who wins the Rose of Tralee.

The Poet proved that you can sit in the park for 14 years and nobody knows what you are really doing other than getting all the peripheral stuff sorted out for you such as fed, watered and sheltered.

Did we have to pay him all his pensions while he was free loading and getting the fat salary. In turn he told us about poverty and the wrongs in the world. For such a rich man The Poet is an expert on poverty. All after promising just to stand for one term.