Tomorrow, Ireland will elect a new President.The race is currently between the most left-wing candidate ever to run, and a loose conservative ally of government party Fine Gael.
>QRD?The Head of State in Ireland is the President, a ceremonial office generally seen as first among Irish people.There's an election every 7 years, and a President can serve for two terms; the next President could be in office until almost 2040.>Who's who?There are two candidates.I will give a summary of each below:>Catherine ConnollyFormer Irish labour politician, now independent. Anti-UK, Anti-US, calls both untrustworthy. Openly far-left, openly "anti-west", opposed to the EU for not being left wing enough. Pro-immigration, pro-Irish unification, pro-most lefty issues like LGBT+ stuff and abortion.>Heather HumphreysA Fine Gael veteran politician who hasn't done much of note.She calls herself an Irish Republican and claims to support a United Ireland, but only vaguely.>But OP, it's ceremonial. Who cares?The key issue of this election is that Sinn Féin (one of the largest parties in Ireland) has not put forward a candidate-and instead opted to support a "left unity" candidate. Many believe this is a precursor to a "left-wing government" as every single left wing party has backed Connolly.If Catherine Connolly wins, Ireland is very likely to shift further to the left.
FINAL POLL - President (age groups support)>18-34 Age GroupConnolly (IND-Left): 64%Humphreys (FG): 19%Gavin (FF): 17%>35-54 Age GroupConnolly (IND-Left): 54%Humphreys (FG): 39%Gavin (FF): 7%>55+ Age GroupConnolly (IND-Left): 49%Humphreys (FG): 40%Gavin (FF): 11%
>who's that other guyJim Gavin, Fianna Fáil's candidate. He dropped out, but due to how the constitution works with these elections his name will still be on the ballot.Anyone who votes for him is a retard, since he declared ages ago that he has withdrawn from the race with immediate effect.
>>519607142Never tested, never vaxxed, never voted
>>519607142Why is Ireland so left wing even though it's being burned to the ground?
>>519607157>Catherine Connolly wins, Ireland is very likely to shift further to the left.How? The president is just a figure head and has no power. The election will be a historically low turn out and 10% of people intend to spoil their vote in protest at other candidates being blocked from taking part.
>>519607142it’s al fuckin rigged and decided months before. more sand niggers to rape and kill our kids please!
>>519607547women. and jews. but we’re a country of limp wristed libtard simps.
>>519607527It is mad that the>haha, no thankscrowd of the coof got away with it. Reminds of of that video of the Kerryman or whoever it was slabbering at the Guards about wearing a mask.>>519607547Ireland is very left-wing, but deceptively so. The two largest parties are centre/centre-right, but they hated each other and all the lefty parties were crying and and getting cucked out of relevance by the fight between the two big guys.Now every election is a mess of trying to throw together a coalition.>>519607625Yes, except its a clear precursor to a revival of the failed "left-government" of the previous election. Last time it failed because Sinn Féin wanted to be the big boys in charge, but now they have finally agreed to work WITH the other lefty groups, rather than try rule over them.If Catherine gets in, the sheer amount of momentum that creates for the left-wing blob of parties and independents will be difficult for the very unpopular FF/FG to beat.>>519607675It wasn't rigged in the slightest.They have known this day was coming for 7 years, and the best they could produce are Humphreys and Gavin. Never underestimate the sheer retardation of Irish politicians.
The president doesn't do anything so it doesn't matter that much. I won't vote because neither candidate is good. I would've voted for Steen because she's right-wing and good looking, but again, doesn't really matter anyway. I predict turn out will be like 30%
>>519608085If you think "it's ceremonial, so who cares" is the end of it, you're in for a jumpscare next actual election.This is Sinn Féin testing the waters of the lefty-bloc. Last election they hoped to build a government that could unseat FF/FG, and they came close-but Shinner retards were too egotistical and bottled it.This time round, SF agreed to work alongside the lefty parties-and this is the result. Far left President now, left wing government next election. I don't think most people are aware that the closest Ireland has come to a "left wing government" is when Labour went in with Fine Gael. Turbulent times ahead.
>>519608085Neither are good but Humper is literally married to an orange order cunt and doesnt speak any Irish
>>519608214I think shinners lost alot of pop opinion with not being able to form a coalition. Aon tú i think is the best bet for the next election. Vote some schizo in that insists on ignoring EU agenda order and makes Dublin fags seethe
>>519608409>Aontú>best betAnon, come on now. They won *one* seat last time round. That puts them behind Labour, SD, and PBP-all of whom would sooner work with SF.SF did bottle the last election, yes, but what I'm saying is they have now allied with *all* the other lefties. If we add all their seats up, that's>71 seatsAnd that's if none of them win any more, despite FF going in the shitter thanks to Mehold and FG being about to bottle this presidency. Anyone not watching this very closely will be scratching their head when suddenly its the next general election and FF+FG can't (or won't) form the next government.
>>519608721>*one* seat*gained 1 seat. They have 2 in total.
>>519608214SF would have to almost double their seats to secure government. I don't see how the FF-FG alliance is broken in the medium term
>>519608721Aon tu had the most conservative standing points, they were unheard of before and now theyre more popular than they were. Claiming that others are in front of them is moot when Labour, pbp ect are basically fake parties for delusional retards. Only commies and dreadlock tards would vote pbp
>>519607142Not my problem
>>519609031FF/FG are in a horrible spot.Both of them are lead by deeply unpopular leaders, and both of them tried and failed to win the Presidency. If neither of them lose ANY seats, then they need 2 independents to form a government.I don't think it's beyond the realm of possibility that the combined efforts of all the left parties manage to push their seat count from 71 up to 88, especially if they're all working together. Every election someone in FF suggests "working with Sinn Féin" until FG do well enough to get them both in. Sinn Féin absolutely could go into a big messy lefty coalition in 2030.>>519609041We aren't talking about who we like, we're talking about who's likely to potentially win.Aontú are retards, and are less relevant politically than the commie groups you just listed. More people vote for them than for Aontú.
>>519607142I'm voting to abolish this useless position.
>>519609852I think it's cool that Ireland can elect its own Head of State, instead of>cucking to a royal family>muh (((taoiseach))) highest authority
I'm 25.5% Irish according to 23andme, would I be allowed to vote?
>>519610668Anti-American sentiment in Ireland is on the rise, so probably not
>>519608085Are you at least going to spoil your ballot by writing 'TND' or what have you?
Bumping for interest and because this is a real thread. Any Irish care to weigh in on this guy's take?https://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2025/10/21/two-feminists-fight-for-the-irish-presidency/
>>519607142Well, well, well OP. Would you look at that.
>>519607142Who gives a shit. Fuck Ireland.
>>519609534I said best bet and what i meant by that is most likely to defy EU commands, i dont think theyll get elected unless the coalition with SF
>>519613114Get balkanised burger
The Irish president has no power, its ceremonial, most people won’t even turn up to vote
14 years of heckering wholesome Reddit memes about our universally beloved whimsical communist Hobbit are coming to an end.Online leftists can pretend to be passionate about Connolly, but it seems very insincere.
People don’t realise how fucked Ireland is. Every party is pro immigration. Pro lbgt+. Anti imperialism is all we know and it’s rotted our minds. My gf is Italian we are planning on leaving once we decide to have kids. It breaks my fucking heart how bleak the future looks over here. We actually were better off being ruled over by the Brit’s.
>>519613318Irish reddit is such a bleak experience. Really makes you hate the Irish. Got a post flagged for saying we should force feed Harris bread till he dies
>>519613144Aontú will never go into coalition with SF. They exist because a small number of people in SF opposed killing babies, so they split to form Aontú. If they're willing to work with SF there is no reason for the party to exist.>>519613237Again, as I feel like I'll be telling everyone until 2030>Sinn Féin finally, finally, finally decides to work as part of a large left-wing bloc>They immediately see a surge in support>They will have a friendly face in the Presidency who they directly helped get elected>All the left wing parties combined need to take only 17 seats from both FF and FG to have a majority>Both FG and FF will likely have new leaders by 2030 (if they don't they're even more fucked)>>519613345>better off being ruled over by the BritsNo, you weren't. Literally today the British Government saw a man who shot civilians on Bloody Sunday found not guilty; to this day nobody has been charged for shooting Irish civilians in the streets.The reason Ireland is so cucked is because the ROI was a dominion until the 40s with only a controlled opposition. Your country was cut in half, both halves of which were then manipulated for decades. Don't be a cuck.
>>519613490Yes but i can see people voting more conservative if the options are prro mig sf or pro mig ff/fg
>>519607142We dont care, faggot. And I hope whoever wins or loses gets lynched too.
>>519613562What makes you think that? In the last election, anti-immigration candidates or parties were a complete non issue. All the big talk for the last year and a half about some huge surge amounted (as always) just being internet LARP.Aontú have openly stated that they won't prop up FG, so if they draw in conservative votes all that does is potentially grant seats to Shinners.>>519613669Considering that thousands of Americans pretend to be Irish nationalists every day online, I struggle to believe that chum.
>>519607142which Ireland?
>>519613849>what makes you think people will vote for anti-immogration policiesHave tou been outside lately, wvwn normies have nigger fatigue. My ilder relatives have even said theyre not voting for their usual ff/fg
>>519607157>opposed to the EU for not being left wing enoughEU is not left wing, it's pro-capital union, doing whatever largest corporations ask for.
>>519614203Stuff like nigger fatigue or "mate just look outside" is what people have always said. We heard when the machete wielding nog in 2020 got put down and everyone thought it'd all kicked off-and it didn't. Sporadic bouts of riots or arson in which a load of white Irish lads get criminal records and nothing actually changes has been the way forever. The recent uptick in "racist attacks" might seem encouraging, until you remember that none of this is translating into support for anti-immigration politics.In fact, politics is galvanising around the *pro* immigration crowd because they are out campaigning instead of being on the internet or doing random disorganised chimpouts at night. Ireland uses Proportional Representation, so while people might "not vote" for ff/fg, unless they are transferring to them their votes will be swallowed up and spat back out again by retarded nobodies.If you want anti-immigration politics, you have to have a party in government willing to do them. Fine Gael seemed to toy with it, but they got labelled as woke and that's the end of that. I dunno what people will do if the leftybloc plot for 2030 works and ACTUAL lefties get into government. Rude awakening for many.
>>519613849>thousands of Americans pretend to be Irish nationalistsTrust me, faggot, no one wants to nationalize for them or for you. Whoever you see doing that is tranny propaganda.
>>519607142Yea I'm still voting for Connor
>>519614350Which just so happens to coincide with left wing progressivism: open borders, LGBT, green energy, deindustrialization, war with Russia, incessant regime change operations...
>>519607142.Ireland will elect a rightist candidate.I know the Irish so much, these people hate immigration, and its consequential effects.
>>519613490> No, you weren't.Shut up nigger, I’m venting
>>519614645He is not on the ballot. Hilariously, Jim Gavin (who dropped out) will still be on the ballot.>>519614703There isn't one. There are two candidates; Catherine Connolly, and Heather Humphreys. Connolly is far-left. Humphreys at best is centre-"""""right."""" But she calls herself an Irish Republican, which is a left wing ideology.>>519614847Direct your anger, anon. There are enough gombeen cunts on this island.
>>519614925>He is not on the ballot.I wager the Hebrews are at fault
>>519615261He never wanted to run. It was a publicity stunt for his American audience, the only people still paying attention to him.
>>519615261No, he just withdrew but Constitution prevents his name being removed from the ballot at this stage.Lots of people have outed themselves as not knowing or understanding the constitution or the process. Maria Steen one of them.
>>519615433I thought you guys wanted to kill jews and Connor was all for it, what happened?
>>519615677He did it for American money. McGregor is loathed in Ireland, he just sits on the internet LARPing and your fellow countrymen eat it up because they think he's based.Not even his own hometown wanted to nominate him for President. He gets paid for clicks, and most of those come from America. Sorry, anon. Your country is used by right-wing Irish influencers for money.
>>519615844Ok then don't kill jews I guess, your funeral
>>519614523>the riots are only criminals And theyre definitely getting an unbiased report from the media lol. You can say that people have always been out rioting but thats totally untrue, biggest riot was when riad bokunigger stabbed those kids in dublin and from there the general shift in the opinions began. Pearl clutchers qill vote left but the general shift has already started. You can tell me it hasnt but you dont live where i do obviously
>>519615950McGregor wasn't going to do that, anon. He's a washed up MMA fighter mostly just shitposting for click money.Ireland has hated Israel longer than any nation in western Europe. Your nation is a slave to it. We don't have an Israeli Embassy anymore, because Irish protestors forced it to close. McGregor is soft on Israel.>>519615996>riots are only criminalsThat's not what I mean. What I mean is>go out>heh, epic vandalism>white irish guy gets a criminal record for said epic vandalism>zero impact on immigrationThe number of migrants coming in is not slowing down, but precedents are being set for increased surveillance and a crackdown on the nasty evil big bad scary anti-immigration sorts. People come online and say the day of the rope is here...and then the same people get into government and nothing happens.If your area locally has a load of people angry about nogs, props to you. But unless that translates into actual political organisation instead of the equivilant of shadowboxing on the internet, then all that'll happen is white Irish people will be arrested, you area will become an even bigger shithole, and nogs will get bigger gibs to make up for your horrible evil racist community bad apples and so on. Don't be daft.
>>519607142The only valid option is to spoil your vote. That's all there is to say, really
>>519616246>Wenah I'm pretty sure the UKies still have one open, after all you guys invented Israel
Death to Globohomo Z
>>519616327I don't really think the "spoil your vote" thing is going to do much at all.>>519616371Part of Ireland is currently in the UK. I live there. There is no Israeli Embassy on this island, anywhere. McGregor would shill for Israel if they paid him.He is a cartoon character who plays pretend online to bait Americans, and it works.
>>519616455>Part of Ireland is currently in the UKIRA is not gonna like this one at all
>>519616455No one said it would do anything significantBut it's the only thing that can be done. And what it will do, if there are enough spoiled votes, is it will send a message and spread awareness of how fucked the system is. They'll have to report on it, they can't just hide all the spoiled votes and it will look bad if there are many
>>519616246Fair the rioters really need to show up at politicians houses rather than migrant centres. You can be a big negative nelly of you want but the beginning of political change starts woth the shift in the belief system which is happening. Being a big doomer helps noone and you HAVE lost if you think you have already
>>519616639Can you yankoids shut the fuck up about the IRA? Every Irish thread. Every single timeThey're gone. How many times do you have to be told?
>>519616808Ok next one I will focus all my autism only on leprechauns
>>519616639IRA doesn't really exist anymore. When it did, they were left wing.>>519616666Anon, for the "spoiled votes" to be meaningful they would have to bring more votes in than whoever gets 2nd place.This election will likely have higher turnout than normal, but in the last election the total spoiled votes was around 18,000. The worst performing candidate in that election got 32,000 votes. This election has only 3 people on the ballot, only two of whom are running.In order for "spoil your vote" to be meaningful, you will need hundreds of thousands of people to do it.>>519616796I don't mean to be so negative of blackpilling, I've just seen a lot over the years. The best bet for the anti-immigration crowd is ironically to try infiltrate FG now that they're on the back foot, but instead people prefer to either>devote themselves to terminally incompetent fringe groups>do nothing at all, but scream online or burn abandoned gaffs down (and then get arrested)There is no quick fix, no single election solution, none of it. Strong grassroots foundations of actual organised people need to be built-but most people just don't care enough about any of this shit to upset their day-to-day normality in the long term.>>519616808They always end up sperging out when they learn the Provos and every other "IRA" iteration in the Troubles were massive socialists.
>>519617020That's so wild, in America the Republicans are the anti-socialists but in places like Spain and Ireland they are socialists.
>>519617020I actually agree that the rioters wint achieve shit BUT the fact is if you look at history these little bouts of civil unrest are a sign of political change. I also agree that yes the political change could end up voting in even bigger tards but again ive personally seen and heard a shift in opinion and im staying hopful things will change.
