Connolly’s stunning victory humbles old parties and energises the left, yet it’s no revolution: the presidency remains symbolic
Catherine Connolly’s landslide victory in Ireland’s presidential election is a stunning political feat that humiliates the establishment but does not signify a national swerve to the left.
There was nothing inevitable about her triumph, let alone its scale. In July, when she declared her candidacy, she was a one-woman act: an independent leftwing member of parliament from Galway who was unfamiliar to most voters.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/catherine-connollys-landslide-shakes-irelands-establishment-but-not-its-politics
Author : Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
Publish date : 2025-10-25 17:17:00
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