Far-left independent Catherine Connolly, who secured the backing of Ireland’s leftist parties including Sinn Féin, has won the country’s presidential election in a landslide victory against her center-right rival.
Official results showed strong voter support for Connolly as president, a largely ceremonial role in Ireland. She won 63% first-preference votes once spoiled votes were excluded, compared to 29% of her rival Heather Humphreys, of the center-right party Fine Gael.
Connolly, 68, said Saturday evening at Dublin Castle that she would champion diversity and be a voice for peace and one that “builds on our policy of neutrality.”
“I would be an inclusive president for all of you, and I regard it as an absolute honor,” she said.
“I will be a voice for peace, a voice that builds on our policy of neutrality, a voice that articulates the existential threat posed by climate change,” she said at Dublin Castle on Saturday night after being declared the winner.
Connolly, a former barrister who has served as lawmaker since 2016, has been outspoken in criticizing Israel over the war in Gaza. She has also warned against the European Union’s growing “militarization” following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Speaking in both English and Irish Gaelic, Connolly said Ireland as a country “needs constructive questioning.”
”Together, we can shape a new republic that values everybody, that values and champions diversity and that takes confidence in our own identity.”
My mother’s forebears escaped Ireland and English enslavement and land theft. I’m glad they fled.
Well, at least Rosie O’Donnell can finally be happy, and stay out of America for good!
I’m glad I visited Ireland 10 years ago when it was still a country. The Irish are generally not that stupid. So I’m surprised they allowed that to happen. You get what you vote for.
Biggest regret in our history is sending our national treasure to be sacrificed for these people, twice. Should have minded our own damn business and let nature take its course.
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Now it is Ireland, soon it will be New York City, the virus is spreading, those who want to replace white people, who want to suppress free speech ( but only of those who lean right ) , who are pushing the climate hoax are winning, are gaining ground.
It is sad, very sad.
She should get along just fine with that ugly old bytch Rosie O’Donnell. So glad we finally got rid of her.
In other words, she plans on increasing the invasion of Ireland.