Election starts proper tonight with the first televised debate, 10 pm Virgin Media.
Kind of looking forward to it, even though I think the line up is rubbish.
I am expecting a total car crash from both Connolly and Gavin, with Humphries winning it by dint of saying not much at all but being not as unappealing as the other two.
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Presidential Election 2025
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Irish History
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Re: Presidential Election 2025
The three of them are incorrect to say they want to be the 10th President of Ireland.
In actual fact and in reality, de Valera was the first President of Ireland. He was elected on the 26th of August 1921 in exactly the same way de HÍde was elected in 1938 - by a Parliament.
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/de ... 20Republic
De Valera was also the President of the real 32 county Dáil Éireann, and was President of the Irish Volunteers (th…login to view the rest of this post
In actual fact and in reality, de Valera was the first President of Ireland. He was elected on the 26th of August 1921 in exactly the same way de HÍde was elected in 1938 - by a Parliament.
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/de ... 20Republic
De Valera was also the President of the real 32 county Dáil Éireann, and was President of the Irish Volunteers (th…login to view the rest of this post
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