The Presidential Election 2025

[deeahgwitch]

Your thoughts.
i’m in the ABB camp.
I accept he did a great job re The Good Friday Agreement but his government pre the economic crash !!!🙄🥲

HH is the best of a poor lot. I hope Maria Steen manages to get a nomination so that we might hear something other than the usual platitudes in the debates.

I would also like to see her in the debates. I think she might make the contest more interesting. I don't think I would vote for her though!

He could use the Irish. O Brollaigh? It's the same as Bradley iirc

Yeah, I'd like to see her in the elections too. The other candidates are so vanilla and I'd be interested to hear what she has to say. I'd consider voting for her, definitely wouldn't rule her out if she manages to get a nomination.

Isn't Joe Brolly married to Joe Biden's cousin? Or something like that 🤔

It feels like a piss poor selection of candidates no one to get excited about. Don't know yet who I'll vote for.

Mary Lou was talking rubbish so when she said there would be an upcoming announcement from SF and it would be a game changer...

This actually puts me off voting for CC...

it Is really bugging me that political parties and councillors appear to have manipulated the process to nobble independent candidates options.

Ya, distant cousin, can't think of her name, she did the podcast with Tommy Tiernan and Hector

Lauritta Blewitt...and she has a baby with Joe Brolly. Thanks Google.
BUT....Joes first wife seems to be Liam Neesons cousin. These people are what we need in a presidential election.
The Sinn Fein super reveal thing was really unprofessional.

Brolly is well connected then.

I see Geldof says he's might have run for FF. He was always a conservative - when it comes to money .

I really hope both Sheridan and Steen get the votes before Weds....opens up proper discussion. I agree that is is very unfair of politicians to tell local Councillors how to vote.

I'd never actually vote for Steen....I would consider voting Sheridan.

Sheridan seems like a very shrewd businessman. He knows a lot about medical instruments and pharmaceuticals. But I'm not sure he knows very much about Irish society in general? His experience seems deep but narrow.

But yeah id vote for him if the alternative was some racist or religious extremist.

Yea its looking very like a 3 horse race unless steen manages to grab the 20. And I am still in the who tf do I vote for. Looking like a case of picking the least worst option in my case

If it's just the three then it will be a very lacklustre campaign.

Sheridan is officially out. Steen still needs a few more backers and I'm not sure she'll do it. So does that mean it'll be a two-horse race?! I can't imagine that, but at least it will make the counting quicker!

I think Steen might make it in. She's three away. I really hope she does for the sake of having a more democratic election.

I assume she is good at debates as a barrister. That might add interest to things.

Looks like Steen is out. I am surprised McDowell didn't back her. They worked together on the last Referendum.
For someone who only decided to run last month she came very close. I think it would have made a more interesting race to have her in the ballot.
I think that those who failed to nominate her and let the people decide, really failed to do their job as independent senators and TD's.
Sheridan also came pretty close. I didn't know much about his politics, but he would have put up a good battle I think.

I am, for the first time ever, inclined not to vote.
The 3 on the ballot are just so bland and uninspiring.

Maybe they will turn out to be fabulous candidates with amazing ideas... so far I don't particularly feel inspired.

John McGuirk giving his view on why McDowell didn't back Steen:
https://gript.ie/why-did-michael-mcdowell-block-maria-steen/

I'm gutted Maria Steen didn't get in. The whole thing is shambolic! I've no interest in any of the candidates as president and for the first time ever I'm going to spoil my vote (and write Maria Steen across it!). So much for a democratic society.

I'm so mad that Maria Steen didn't get in. Jim will obviously get elected because of his GAA connections, this Country is GAA obsessed everyone will vote for him.

I won’t!
Don’t like the fact he is ex-military and I’ve no interest in GAA so really don’t see that as a positive in any way.

It just seems so wrong that Government parties were able to instruct councillors not to back independent candidates! Where is the democracy?! And where is the public outrage about it? Whether or not Steen (or any other hopefuls) would have been successful, surely we should have had a choice?