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Thomas Creamer

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Leitrim native with notions. Very much a personal account, looking for a lesser evil in terms of managing the social media addiction. @tmcreamer on the other site. #speirgorm (He/Him)

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · Nov 7

Hi folk - if you now follow me as a result of one of the starter packs, I mostly post about;

- politics (of the lefty/soc dem variety)

-ocassionally on other interests (daily life, books/video games, or whatever else you'd expect from an Irish guy in his late 20's).

Take that as you will.

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 15h

Wow, we have to wonder how FG has never won a Presidential election before.😅

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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 1d

#Aras25 poll: Business Post/Red C
(October 1-7, MoE 3%)

ℹ️ Sampling began before Gavin’s withdrawal

Connolly 36
Humphreys 25
Gavin 12
undecided 27

After Gavin eliminated:
Connolly 39
Humphreys 31

W/o undecideds:
Connolly 56
Humphreys 44

www.businesspost.ie/article/red-...

Red C Poll: Connolly leads but Heather gains from Gavin exit

www.businesspost.ie

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 1d

This prediction is from 2023:

“You know, in a couple of years’ time people will be able to resolve this issue themselves, in relation to whether they want a silent person, a puppet, or whether they want a president.”

- President Michael D. Higgins, 2023.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 1d

Independent Catherine Connolly has a substantial lead in the Presidential Election, a new Business Post/Red C poll suggests www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Substantial lead for Connolly in Áras race, poll suggests

Independent candidate Catherine Connolly has a substantial lead in the Presidential Election, a new Business Post/Red C poll suggests.

www.rte.ie

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 2d

Fair, the "from the top of my head" bit wasn't rethorical, but yeah, that is another dxample as well.

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 2d

Personally, these seems far more interesting than "Connolly followed her professional obligations as a Barrister" or "Connolly actually takes prisoner rehabilitation seriously", which are apparently grave crimes Connolly must answer for somehow.

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 2d

From the top of my head, Humphreys has been implicated in interfering getting an animal cruelty case dropped, defended practices enabling bogus self-employment, proposed a Green Paper on Disability reform clearly inspired by similar "reforms" by the Tories in the UK...and more besides.

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 2d

On the Inside Politics podcast, Ellen Coyne explained the disproportionate media stories about Catherine Connolly compared to Heather Humphreys as a case of Connolly just being a more "interesting" candidate with Humphreys not doing much that is worthy of comment?

Really? Seems a bit weak tbh.

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Connolly Shared Netflix Account Password To Numerous Non Subscribers http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/10/exclusive-catherine-connolly-shared-netflix-account-password-to-numerous-non-subscribers/

EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Connolly Shared Netflix Account Password To Numerous Non Subscribers

In more damning revelations about the queen of political controversy, left-wing Presidential hopeful Catherine Connolly was unavailable for comment today after her team was pressed about possible corruption charges relating to her Netflix streaming service. Information …

waterfordwhispersnews.com

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 5d

Hi folk - just a PSA that today is the LAST day for checking and fixing your voter registration if you wish to vote on 24th October in the Presidential Election. Just head to checktheregister.ie - it'll only take a few minutes to see if your voter registration is up to snuff.

Check the Register

checktheregister.ie

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 5d

Honestly, would it kill FFers, when they're expressing sympathy for Jim Gavin, to even pretend to extend that sympathy to the tenant that their presidential candidate ripped off?

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Jack "Skeletons" Fennell @jfennellauthor.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely vile.

Not that I want to overload the fine people at @booksupstairs.bsky.social with work at this fraught moment, but consider sending some business their way to show support.

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 6d

‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack

Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday

www.irishtimes.com

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 7d

And tbf, it is possible that maybe he knew that *more* would come out, and he decided to quit while he was ahead?

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 7d

Of all Jim Gavin’s gaffes, it turns out it was his spare one that took him down.

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 7d

Not saying that being a Landlord, especially a shitty one, harms a politician as much as it should - but in this case, he could have tried arguing the toss about whether it is right to say Gavin "stole" €3.3k from the tenant, but that was never going to be winnable in the public areana.

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 7d

I mean, wasn't that kind of what killed Deirdre Conroy's candidacy in the DBS bye-election a few years ago?

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 7d

What I will be curious about is how many will still vote for Jim Gavin on the ballot paper on the 24th?

Because it will definitely be more than zero.

Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, but landlords are a single digit percentage of the population, and even then, basically pocketing thousands of someone else's money is not something you can openly condone in nearly any social context in Ireland.

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 7d

Like, tbf, I do think Jim Gavin stiffing a tenant of €3.3k was going to be genuinely fatal to his campaign.

The Presidential election is a campaign about personal character even more so than most elections (given the lack of powers the President has), and that was not going to fly.

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 8d

I have to say, the recent Presidential Opinion poll does make this front page Sindo headline from a few weeks ago pretty funny in hindsight...

m.independent.ie/irish-news/i...

‘It’s hardly a game changer’ – Relief in Government as Sinn Féin opts to back Catherine Connolly

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are breathing a sigh of relief after Sinn Féin announced yesterday that it was backing Catherine Connolly, rather than running its own candidate.

m.independent.ie

Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 8d

Thing is, this poll was conducted *before* that story about Gavin allegedly stiffing a tenant out of €3,300 was published.

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Colm O’Gorman @colm.bsky.social · 8d

Well, well, well.

Connelly 32
Humphreys 23
Gavin 15

#aras25

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Alan Kinsella @electionlit.bsky.social · 8d

That's tight.... if the don't knows, don't vote...

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Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 8d

*which

Thomas Creamer @thomascreamer.bsky.social · 8d

If this was Connolly, the headline would be "Connolly accused of stealing €3k by a former tenant", whuch would just as accurately apply to this situation, but they buried those details well into the article.