Hello subscribers and non-subscribers. The 2025 Irish Presidential Election is upon us. I’m launching a dedicated section in the Newsletter about the upcoming election. It will contain regular updates on the candidates, the parties, the latest polling data, who is in, who is out, what the betting shops are predicting and more importantly, the latest rumours and gossip from the campaign.
As it stands, there is only one confirmed candidate. That is the far-left Unity candidate, Catherine Connolly, who is already mired in controversy. Heather Humphreys will be the likely Fine Gael candidate after Mairead McGuinness dropped out due to health reasons. Conor McGregor, Michael Flatley, Gareth Sheridan and Nick Delahanty have all stated their intention to run for the presidency. But there’s more chance of Trump releasing the Epstein files than any of that lot even getting on the ballot paper without Fianna Fáil’s backing.
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