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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 12h

The Taoiseach is not coming to Dublin Castle for the official declaration of Catherine Connolly's victory in the presidential election.

Whether intended or not, it's going to look very confrontational for the head of government NOT to be there to congratulate the new head of state

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 16h

Turns out voting for Catherine Connolly is a rural pursuit.

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 1d

Gardaí called as Mary Lou McDonald and canvassers threatened on Dublin street.
www.thejournal.ie/mary-lou-mcd...

Gardaí called as Mary Lou McDonald and canvassers threatened on Dublin street

The incident happened at around 4pm on the city’s northside.

www.thejournal.ie

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 1d

For context

Social Media Post from Gemma Dunlevey which says:

Anyone wanna claim this toerag? Videoing on the strand but didn't get the part where he decked a woman to the ground after she tried to avoid him filming in her face for canvassing'?

also roaring at me telling me im not from the area getting in me face? Thought hed get away with it cause he thought i was a `blow in'? He's about to out I'm not. people like him are
letting our area down, you dont stand for us People like this are the ruination of our community! bullying women on the street. he should be ashamed of himself. If vou know him or anyone like this and you're not checking them youre allowing this hate to fuel on our streets

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 1d

An absolutely horrendous attempt at violent intimation of Connolly canvassers on the North Strand.

I hope everyone recovers quickly and that the thug is apprehended and faces the full force of the law.

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 1d

"A one-point increase in income inequality corresponded almost exactly to a one-point increase in support for populist parties."

An important intervention from the UN Rapporteur on the connection between inequality and the rise of the far right.

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Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms - Extreme poverty and ...

UN Document in English on World about Protection and Human Rights; published on 11 Jul 2025 by UN HRC

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 2d

If you need some outrageous militaristic jingoism in your life, then this article is for you.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 2d

United Ireland would pose threat to Britain from Russia, MPs told by ex-Nato commander

Military alliance should carry out operations in Irish seas even if Dublin objects, says Falklands veteran

www.irishtimes.com

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 2d

Tomorrow I will be voting for Catherine Connolly.

An image with a Celtic knot and the words "I'm voting for Catherine Connolly"

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 2d

Just to reiterate - they can claim a large pot of public money to pay for the headstaggering adventure in incompetence that was the Jim Gavin campaign.

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 4d

One of the very few things that the constitution says the President *must* do is scrutinize legislation.

Those bills will mostly be in English, but could well be in Irish

The truth is that if there was a job advert for the presidency it would list proficiency in Irish as a requirement.

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 4d

I mean, it's just objectively odd that fox hunting and FG's defense of it has become an issue in this election.

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 4d

While this statement contains a level of pretentiousness rarely seen in real life, and there is a real danger cringing to death while reading it, I'm not sure that people reading "colonist" as a synonym for "Protestant" are battling sectarianism TBH.

Fiona Small @fionasmall.bsky.social · 4d

This is just sectarianism against Irish Protestants dressed up in academic jargon

Fontaines D.C. bassist Conor 'Deego' Deegan Ill has taken to his Instagram stories to issue support for Catherine Connolly ahead of the presidential election this Friday.
"Catherine Connolly is the candidate of the uncolonized Irish mind; Heather Humphreys is the candidate of the mind colonised by Britain," he wrote in a statement posted yesterday afternoon.

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 4d

Via Niall O'Loughlin on twitter.
(www.caricatures.ie/2025/03/27/d...)

A cartoon caricature of Heather Humphreys looking sinister and wearing the skin of a dead fox.

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 5d

I'm not sure that securing the vote of the local hunt is going to be enough to propel you to the Phoenix Park.

Which really shouldn't have to be said, but here we are.

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 5d

Indeed. A series of bizarre choices made here.

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 5d

“I abhors animal cruelty in cities. But rural animal cruelty, I support.”

This is a bad position, yes. But also just a completely incoherent one.

Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 5d

🗣️ “If a fox is being ripped limb from limb and is dying a slow and agonising death - how can you say you abhor animal cruelty?”

🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”

Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.

#TheBigInterview

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 5d

Saying 'I never stood up in the Dail and spoke about repossessions or the tracker mortgage scandal' may not make the point you think you're making.

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 5d

sinnfein.ie/news/humphre...

Humphreys' comments on Mother and Baby Homes 'disrespectful and disingenuous' - Kathleen Funchion MEP - Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin MEP for Ireland South, Kathleen Funchion, has criticised Fine Gael Presidential Candidate, Heather Humphreys, for her comments on Mother and Baby Home records, and the redress scheme for sur...

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 5d

FG may be the only party in Europe arguing that the EU should be made up of obedient uncritical subjects, rather than engaged citizens.

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 5d

AI has its uses to be fair.

A famous Cumann na nGaedhael poster "Shadow of a Gunman" with the word Gunman replaced with Barrister.

Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 5d

Ironically Heather Humphreys could have legitimately said that she was presenting this medal as part of her job and that she was obliged to attend as Minister

That would have been a good point, before Fine Gael made following the ethical norms of your job a cause for political attack

The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 5d

The Ditch x Village Magazine

Heather Humphreys honoured a disgraced ex-garda after he was accused of extreme domestic violence and found by a tribunal to have corruptly organised planting weapons and fabricated evidence.

An ‘exceptional award’ she said.

www.ontheditch.com/humphreys-ho...

Humphreys honoured disgraced garda

The garda was accused of extreme domestic violence.

www.ontheditch.com

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 5d

"Always tried to keep people in their homes" is a weird way of saying that she voted to end the eviction ban.

Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 5d

Also, that is not what Heather Humphreys was saying yesterday.

Pivot, pivot, pivot.

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 5d

Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan has given a staunch defence of the cab-rank rule in the last few minutes, telling reporters it's an "obligation" and "absolutely essential".

"I don't think it's correct or fair to criticise lawyers because of the actions of others".

@virginmedianews.bsky.social

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 6d

Barry Ward, for one, clearly understands both the Bar Council guidance and his ethical duty.

For example:

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Somali diplomat challenges detention in Dublin jail over alleged people smuggling

Mohamed Abdallatif Hussein is claiming diplomatic immunity after arrest last November, High Court hears

www.irishtimes.com

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Gavin Elliott @sgelliott.net · 6d

Utter desperation at the tail end of their floundering, hostile and confused campaign. It does show their true colours though.

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