Mary Lou for President

[NewBroom]

Fair dues to the Kingdom, at least they're not afraid of sticking two fingers up to the boyos in Dublin & Cork.

[Professor Genius]

No way that heavy beast would be in a ass’s roar of the Aras

[schmittel]

Sure, he's never going to win the election, but I for one would like to see more candidates in the election than Connolly, Humphries and Jim Gavin.
Well done Kerry CC I say.

[schmittel]

Jim Gavin says he will only serve one term if he is elected president:

Jim Gavin has said he will serve just one term as president if he is successful in next month’s election.
The Fianna Fáil candidate has told the Irish Independent he intends to have an “extremely active and intensive seven-year term”, adding: “I think that would be enough.”

Hmmm. Now where have we heard that before?

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/p ... 53662.html

[NewBroom]

Hmmm. Now where have we heard that before?

I was glad enough to vote for Higgins first time around.
But I thought he was a man of his word and detested him thereafter. Another little gombeen of a maneen. Good riddance and he can take his poetry with him.

[marhay70]

Sure, he's never going to win the election, but I for one would like to see more candidates in the election than Connolly, Humphries and Jim Gavin.
Well done Kerry CC I say.

You will never see a selection you might approve of while the selection process remains as it is. Just like the Seanad, Joe Public has to accept whatever candidate gets enough votes from gombeen, corrupt politicians. So the President, although directly elected, is unlikely to be "the People's Choice".

[schmittel]

Sheridan has his second council, Tipp. Two down, two to go.

Good to see an FG councillor defy the diktat and engage in a bit of common sense.

Fine Gael councillor Mary Hanna Hourigan, who voted for Mr Sheridan, said she did so because it otherwise would be undemocratic.

She said having a "three horse race" for the Áras is not enough.

"I feel it would be undemocratic not to give credible candidates an opportunity to get on the ballot paper. I feel Sheridan is a credible candidate," Ms Hanna Hourigan said.

"He is taken seriously and had reached out to people and councillors for the past year. He is not a fly by night person. I feel we need competition because having a three-horse race is not enough," she added.

"I know we have an excellent candidate in Heather Humphreys and I will be supporting her. Personally, I would love to see Heather Humphreys as President but we have to give everyone a chance.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0916/15337 ... -sheridan/

[NattyO]

Unless Sheridan gets a go, I predict turnout will hit record lows. So far we have Micheals sock puppet, the worlds most anonymous woman, and Mickey D in a skirt. Not a lineup to get anyone other than the party fathful out on a wet day.

[NattyO]

Mickey D in a skirt is starting already:

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/soc ... 07623.html

[NewBroom]

Heard Gavin for the first time today, asked a question about the Triple Lock. A subject he should be familiar with. Managed to waffle for a period of time without saying anything of any meaning.

[NattyO]

Heard Gavin for the first time today, asked a question about the Triple Lock. A subject he should be familiar with. Managed to waffle for a period of time without saying anything of any meaning.

Could you see Micheal Martin with his hand up his arse, moving his mouth?

[Adso_of_Melk]

Mickey D in a skirt is starting already:

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/soc ... 07623.html

Great, another jihadist supporting c*nt ...

[schmittel]

Gareth Sheridan was on Drivetime yesterday and came across pretty well I thought.

He was questioned on his youth and conspicuous lack of public service, and I reckon his answer was pretty smart - that the job shouldn't simply be a plum reward for political and public servant retirees.

Implicit in that in his later comments was the idea that this plum role shouldn't be handed out by Leinster House, which is effectively what will happen if the parties get in the habit of deliberately blocking independents.

Worth a listen: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22544752/

[marhay70]

What odds the establishment parties will whip their councillors in the remaining councils to stop Sheridan in his tracks? Can't have anybody upsetting the apple cart now, can we?

[schmittel]

What odds the establishment parties will whip their councillors in the remaining councils to stop Sheridan in his tracks? Can't have anybody upsetting the apple cart now, can we?

FFG have already instructed their councillors to block him. Presumably Labour and SocDem have done the same.

If he had any chance of disrupting the FFG vote, I wonder if SF might be tempted to whip their councillors on the QT to back him. Seems they'd have the most to gain from a disruptor.

[NattyO]

Anyone seen the accusations doing the rounds by a guy called Kieran Kelly about Gavin and Harris (among others)?

[schmittel]

Anyone seen the accusations doing the rounds by a guy called Kieran Kelly about Gavin and Harris (among others)?

No, pray tell?

[NattyO]

No, pray tell?

Kinda reluctant to repeat them, as they are fairly out there, but if you go through this guys posts you will see them.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577276952957

[marhay70]

FFG have already instructed their councillors to block him. Presumably Labour and SocDem have done the same.

If he had any chance of disrupting the FFG vote, I wonder if SF might be tempted to whip their councillors on the QT to back him. Seems they'd have the most to gain from a disruptor.

Really? I hadn't heard that. Was it common knowledge? I would love to see a decent journalist (where are we going to get one of them?) put Martin and the Stick Insect on the spot as to why they would do that, I know one of the answers would be to facilitate their own candidate, but, if their own candidate has already received approval to run, is it legitimate to interfere in the Democratic process to achieve that? In effect, it is cutting off one of the few avenues available to citizens of this country to hold the highest public office.

[Fratello]

I always vote because it's the only say we get and plenty of countries don't have that right.

But the 3 so far are testing my resolve.

[schmittel]

Kinda reluctant to repeat them, as they are fairly out there, but if you go through this guys posts you will see them.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577276952957

Fair enough, I have taken a quick look and understand your reluctance to repeat!

[schmittel]

Really? I hadn't heard that. Was it common knowledge? I would love to see a decent journalist (where are we going to get one of them?) put Martin and the Stick Insect on the spot as to why they would do that, I know one of the answers would be to facilitate their own candidate, but, if their own candidate has already received approval to run, is it legitimate to interfere in the Democratic process to achieve that? In effect, it is cutting off one of the few avenues available to citizens of this country to hold the highest public office.

It was fairly widely reported at the time they did it:

"Fine Gael public representatives cannot in any way facilitate the nomination of any candidate other than the ratified Fine Gael candidate."

It continues: "In the event of a vote at any local authority on the nomination of a person other than the ratified Fine Gael candidate, the Fine Gael local authority members are whipped to oppose that nomination."

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0906/15321 ... sidential/

It may yet backfire. I hope it does.

[marhay70]

It was fairly widely reported at the time they did it:



https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0906/15321 ... sidential/

It may yet backfire. I hope it does.

Yeah, for my sins, I tend to ignore the day-to-day adventures of Ireland's Tories. Must do better, but Harris' simpering, inane grin beaming at me from any page is the ultimate turn off for me

[PogMoThoin22]

Kinda reluctant to repeat them, as they are fairly out there, but if you go through this guys posts you will see them.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577276952957

I will. This isn't Boards so post I'll it. Pinch of salt needed!

There's a claim that he got a girl who works in Croke Park pregnant.

And another that he had an affair with a second Dublin football players wife. It’s widely known within the Dublin GAA hierarchy about him sleeping with players wife’s.

[schmittel]

Mary Lou is such a tease...

“Sinn Fein’s participation will be a game changer in this election – it’ll be very much game on.”

Asked what she meant by a “game changer”, McDonald said: “I mean a game changer, Match of Day, Up For the Match.”

She said the campaign did not start until nominations close on 24 September.

“On Saturday, we will set out our position, we’ll set out the logic and the intent of our position,” she said, stating that it is important to have a president who espouses the “values but also the ambitions of Ireland at this point”.

“I think the decision taken by us, we’re a large party, we’re a national party, and a national organisation. I think we’ll be very influential in this contest,” she added.

She said Sinn Fein had to balance two objectives, to get Fianna Fail and Fine Gael out of government and out of the Áras.

The next president must advance Irish unity, says Mary Lou McDonald.

“That’s what our campaign will aim to do.”

Could mean anything, but presumably she wouldn't be making such a big deal about the impending announcement if it was simply to back Connolly.

Equally unlikely to make such a big deal about some unknown no hoper.

https://www.thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-pre ... 0-Sep2025/