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I mean the kid is already dressed for it 🤷♀️ #politics #farright #conservatives #republicans #democrats #ukip #reform #reformuk #finegael #hda #pvv #vvd #ja21 #fvd #afd #cdu #vlaamsbelang #frontnational #forzaitalia #farage #wilders #yesilgoz #lepin #trump #donaldtrump #netanyahu #putin #centreparty

A mother telling a child in a suit: "If you don't stop lying you'll grow up to be a right-wing politician"

PS in case anyone questions the closeness of #EoinDrea's ties to #FineGael, see his bio on the #MartensCentre website: https://www.martenscentre.eu/article-author/eoin-drea/ (archived at https://archive.is/rjN5I)

From 2020 to 2022, Drea was on the board of Fine Gael's Policy Lab.

Screenshot a a paragraph from the linked bio of Eoin Drea on the Martens Centre website. The text reads:

"Prior to undertaking his PhD, Dr. Drea gained over six years’ experience as a private sector economist. He has also served on the Board of Fine Gael’s Policy Lab (2020-22), the innovative policymaking initiative within Ireland’s largest centre right political party."

Dr #EoinDrea is a senior researcher at the #WilfriedMartensCentre, the official think tank of the #EuropeanPeopleParty (#EPP) of which #FineGael #FG is a member.

FG will probably try to disown Eoin Drea. They will says this is just a personal opinion by an academic researcher etc, that it's obviously not in any way FG's position.

That is of course #bollix. EPP staff don't go placing op-eds on highly sensitive #foreignpolicy issues without some liaison with the local EPP member party.

Irish politicians represent Ireland in the #EU. But #FineGael's eurobrains tell #Ireland to shut up. 😡

Dr #EoinDrea's #IrishTimes op-ed tells Ireland to #STFU about #genocide in #Gaza, #EUmilitarization, & #IrishNeutrality. Drea calis Irish policy a "hot mess of uncoordinated gibberish".

Drea says Ireland's 2026 #EUpresidency should "focus on process, not content". In other words: No policy goals for Paddy!

#FG wants Ireland to be a servant of France & Germany. #iepol

https://archive.is/AC3vl

Headline from opinion piece in the Irish Times by Eoin Drea: "Ireland’s EU presidency will underline how out of touch we are".

Strapline: "We need to leave our confused policy inconsistencies at home and focus instead on being administrative nerds"

@christineburns @Wen At least the chicken was edible.

And after a spurt of headless running, the chicken did die, unlike zombie Labour.

But the biggest shock is that #FineGael is in power both in Dublin and in London, thanks to Morgan McSweeney. Who saw that one coming?

Running a stall in town the other day, encouraging people to attend the Raise the Roof Housing Protest at 2pm tomorrow, Saturday 1st November in John Robert's Square, Waterford City!

Please join if you're around!

#CATU #HousingProtest #HousingCrisis #Inequality #Tenants #Union #TenantsUnion #Renting #Tenant #Housing #Home #Homes #Ireland #Irish #Protest #IrishPolitics #HomesForAll #HousingForAll #IrishGov #IrishPol #IrishGovernment #FiannaFail #FineGael #FFG #UniversalPublicHousing

A photo of Killian and 2 others holding leaflets while running a stall for the housing protest in town the other day.

See you there this Saturday at 2pm at John Robert's Square in Waterford City! 📢

#CATU #HousingProtest #HousingCrisis #Inequality #Tenants #Union #TenantsUnion #Renting #Tenant #Housing #Home #Homes #Ireland #Irish #Protest #IrishPolitics #Waterford #HomesForAll #HousingForAll #IrishGov #IrishPol #IrishGovernment #FiannaFail #FineGael #FFG #UniversalPublicHousing #PublicHomes #PublicHousing #WaterfordCity #Deise

A blue graphic which reads: 'Housing Protest - Saturday 1st Nov at 2pm - John Robert's Square, Waterford. This is an emergency! All out for Housing. Raise the Roof - Homes for All. Stronger Together - Congress - Irish Congress of Trade Unions

Simon McGarr @Tupp_ed''s blog post about #CatherineConnolly's election win #Aras25 is short of new insight, but full of delightful #snark at the #FFFFG fustercluck. https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-no-contest/

Also, he found the 1930s iteration of #FineGael's red scare tactics.

The failue of Ireland's centre-right parties was laid bare by #Aras24. #FFFG mismanaged every aspect of their task.

Gerald Howlin says Micheál Martin is more vulnerable than Simon Harris. Harris is better than Martin at wooing his backbenchers, but is more secure because #FineGael has no plausible alternative leaders.

But #FiannaFáil does have viable alternatives. Can Micheál Martin buy time? #iepol

Paywalled original: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/10/27/gerard-howlin-if-micheal-martin-survives-this-his-achievement-will-almost-rival-catherine-connollys/

Archived full text: https://archive.is/ADMlP

Headline from linked article in The Irish Times: "If Micheál Martin survives this, his achievement will almost rival Catherine Connolly’s"

Sub-heading: "Taoiseach’s position is weakened among parliamentary party after presidential election debacle"

Ireland elects a left-wing president in an anti-government landslide.

Independent Catherine Connolly won a record 63.4% of valid votes.

Heather Humphreys of the government coalition party Fine Gael finished a distant second with 29.5%. Finishing in third and last place Saturday was Jim Gavin of the largest government party, Fianna Fáil, who won barely 7% of votes.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251025-ireland-elects-a-left-wing-president-in-an-anti-government-landslide?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Ireland #Politics #CatherineConnolly #HeatherHumphreys #FineGael #JimGavin #FiannaFail

@maddler Absolutely! Even the basic electoral task of getting bodies on the ground to knock doors was a fail for them.

I followed the #FineGael machine closely on Facebook, and from town after town FG was publishing photos of only 4–8 canvassers. But the #CatherineConnolly campaign was posting photos of teams of dozens of #Aras25 #Aras2025 canvassers.

That's before we consider the intellectual tasks which they also failed.

The electoral inertia which kept them in power is draining away

Undermining the rule of law for political purposes is subversive. #Áras25 #FineGael #Subversive

Part of Bar Council statement on importance of professional onligation not to discriminate and the UN and Council of Europe recognition that Lawyers must not be targetted by reason of the identity of their clients. Something FG knows but pretends does not apply to it.

11 attack pieces in the #SundayIndependent this morning.

The establishment are running scared of #CatherineConnolly in #Aras25.

Not surprising to see #EnochBurke supporting #FineGael either.

From Mark Ward TD https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BZihL2Gj2/

Headlines in the Sunday independent attacking Catherine Connolly

#FineGael finally gets that #HeatherHumphreys needs a #miracle to have a chance of beating #CatherineConnolly. 😈 #Aras25

The best bit of the #SundayTimes report is that Humphreys will shift to a “forward-focused” message “of explaining what her vision is for the presidency”. 😂 With only 5 days to go, a pivot from smears to an unspecified "vision" is like George Bush discovering "the vision thing". 😂🤣

https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/fine-gael-humphreys-damage-limitation-presidential-election-scdlmcnq8

Archived full text: https://archive.is/D2DX6

#ConnollyForPresident

Headline from The Sunday Times: "Fine Gael seeks ‘miracle’ to save Humphreys’ presidential campaign".

Sub-heading "Heather Humphreys has it ‘all to play for’ Simon Harris, the party leader and tanaiste says, as Catherine Connolly fends off difficult questions"

Ireland must not be intimidated by Britain's stance on Palestine

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/ireland-must-not-be-intimidated-britains-stance-palestine

My article in @TheJournal about how our generation is being left behind:

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/opinion-traitors-prize-house-deposit-sign-of-housing-crisis-6805008-Sep2025/

#HousingCrisis #theTraitors #Housing #Climate #Democracy #Voting #Ireland #IrishPolitics #Irish #YoungPeople #GenerationRent #LeftBehind #Renting #Tenants #VotingAbroad #RightToVote #FiannaFáil #FineGael #TraitorsIRL

#FineGael Presidential nominee #MairéadMcGuinness has pulled out of the race for Phoenix Park.
#Ireland #presidential

http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0814/1528512-mairead-mcguinness/

Joe Brolly on X:

"Dr David Hickey’s letter to Health Minister #CarrollMcNeill on cancelling the permission that allows Gazan children to come to Ireland for life saving treatment.”

Via https://x.com/JoeBrolly1993/status/1941114317480542385

#FineGael #FG #Ireland #SimonHarris #Ireland #Gaza #Health #Medicide