Independent socialist Catherine Connolly’s coolness to Brussels and hostility to Donald Trump put her at odds with the Irish government.
She’s slammed NATO, voted against EU treaties, been accused of offering propaganda boosts for dictators from Russia to Syria — and now she’s on track to become Ireland’s next president.
Catherine Connolly, a former mayor of the western city of Galway who’s spent the past nine years as an opposition socialist lawmaker in Ireland’s parliament, has built a commanding polling lead ahead of Friday’s election versus her only challenger, former government minister Heather Humphreys from the center-ground Fine Gael party.
The latest opinion poll, published Wednesday night, put Connolly on 55.7 percent support compared to Humphreys’ 31.6 percent. Results will be announced Saturday, but the surprisingly fleet-footed 68-year-old Connolly acts and talks like she’s already won.
I dont even care about her politics, but bro looks like she is gonna fall over dead in 20 minutes. Nobody should be allowed to become president of anything at almost 70. Retirement age is 65 for a reason. Just sit back and enjoy your remaining 10 years on the planet and let the people that will actually live to see the results of their work make decisions.
Irish people just look this way, bud.
To be fair, she is still sharp and agile. At first I thought it was AI.
Edit: and just to let everyone know, a president of Ireland has little to no power. He/she holds a ceremonial role.
A ceremonial role is fine i guess yeah
I always hear from Lemmy about how old people need to get out of politics, from the same people who still want Bernie
Bernie can continue being vocal about politics if he wants, but he definitely shouldnt hold any sort of important office.
I agree, good advisor for sure and why not a White House post? But not president or vice. Let him be the guru, but I’m so done with old people in power, even on the left.