Weren’t the Gareth S. & M*ria Steen #Áras25 efforts a soft-launch of this muck?
National media sopped up the bs & fed the monstr willingly. We’ve much work to do to banish the grifters but it can’t be done while #FFFG are busy riding the
anti-immigrant horse to a full gallop
#spéirghorm #IrishPol
National media sopped up the bs & fed the monstr willingly. We’ve much work to do to banish the grifters but it can’t be done while #FFFG are busy riding the
anti-immigrant horse to a full gallop
#spéirghorm #IrishPol
January 1, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Weren’t the Gareth S. & M*ria Steen #Áras25 efforts a soft-launch of this muck?
National media sopped up the bs & fed the monstr willingly. We’ve much work to do to banish the grifters but it can’t be done while #FFFG are busy riding the
anti-immigrant horse to a full gallop
#spéirghorm #IrishPol
National media sopped up the bs & fed the monstr willingly. We’ve much work to do to banish the grifters but it can’t be done while #FFFG are busy riding the
anti-immigrant horse to a full gallop
#spéirghorm #IrishPol
President Catherine Connolly's 2025 electoral hat-trick:
✅Greatest first preference vote in history
✅Largest share of valid poll in history
✅Highest victory margin in history
⚽️🏀🏐
#Áras25 #Spéirghorm #OnTheBall
✅Greatest first preference vote in history
✅Largest share of valid poll in history
✅Highest victory margin in history
⚽️🏀🏐
#Áras25 #Spéirghorm #OnTheBall
January 1, 2026 at 11:32 AM
President Catherine Connolly's 2025 electoral hat-trick:
✅Greatest first preference vote in history
✅Largest share of valid poll in history
✅Highest victory margin in history
⚽️🏀🏐
#Áras25 #Spéirghorm #OnTheBall
✅Greatest first preference vote in history
✅Largest share of valid poll in history
✅Highest victory margin in history
⚽️🏀🏐
#Áras25 #Spéirghorm #OnTheBall
I suspect that a certain would be aras25 candidate was a trial effort. #spéirghorm
Steve Bannon promises ‘Irish Trump’ and says he is working to form ‘national party’ in Ireland
Steve Bannon promises ‘Irish Trump’ and says he is working to form ‘national party’ in Ireland
Former White House strategist says he is ‘behind the scenes on the Irish situation’
www.irishtimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I suspect that a certain would be aras25 candidate was a trial effort. #spéirghorm
Billy Kelleher says he would have won presidency as Fianna Fáil candidate https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41765927.html #aras2025 #aras25
December 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Billy Kelleher says he would have won presidency as Fianna Fáil candidate https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41765927.html #aras2025 #aras25
Billy Kelleher says he would have won presidency as Fianna Fáil candidate www.irishexaminer.co... #aras2025 #aras25
December 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Billy Kelleher says he would have won presidency as Fianna Fáil candidate www.irishexaminer.co... #aras2025 #aras25
“But for me, folklore was like getting drunk with the Cool Girl from school and hugging her in the girls' toilet and saying: "OMG I thought you were such a bitch but you're soooooo nice, I love you."
Fabulous Ciara O'Connor & a distraction from the bang of entitlement going 🌪️
#spéirghorm #Àras25
Fabulous Ciara O'Connor & a distraction from the bang of entitlement going 🌪️
#spéirghorm #Àras25
TBH: Was I so arrogant I thought I'd never succumb to the charms of Taylor Swift?
I am not a counter-cultural person. I enjoy Mamma Mia, wearing leopard-print midi skirts, baby animals, and Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again. I say things like, "I'm soooo cold", and, "Oh my god, I have ...
m.independent.ie
December 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
“But for me, folklore was like getting drunk with the Cool Girl from school and hugging her in the girls' toilet and saying: "OMG I thought you were such a bitch but you're soooooo nice, I love you."
Fabulous Ciara O'Connor & a distraction from the bang of entitlement going 🌪️
#spéirghorm #Àras25
Fabulous Ciara O'Connor & a distraction from the bang of entitlement going 🌪️
#spéirghorm #Àras25
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Well be the hokey.....
'Five years ago investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan warned that “Ireland can’t afford to ignore the danger of dark money”'
Always follow the money.
#Irishpol #Aras25 #Corruption
'Five years ago investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan warned that “Ireland can’t afford to ignore the danger of dark money”'
Always follow the money.
#Irishpol #Aras25 #Corruption
CitizenGo’s attempted intervention in the presidential election was clumsy but remarkable: a foreign political organisation whose board includes a corrupt ex-politician linked to an international money laundering scheme tried to influence an Irish election
www.ontheditch.com/the-foreign-...
www.ontheditch.com/the-foreign-...
Foreign political organisation tried to interfere in Ireland
Its board includes a corrupt ex-politician linked to an international money laundering scheme.
www.ontheditch.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Well be the hokey.....
'Five years ago investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan warned that “Ireland can’t afford to ignore the danger of dark money”'
Always follow the money.
#Irishpol #Aras25 #Corruption
'Five years ago investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan warned that “Ireland can’t afford to ignore the danger of dark money”'
Always follow the money.
#Irishpol #Aras25 #Corruption
A weird wisdom to our presidential system https://pressreader.com/article/281689736159414 #aras2025 #aras25 Sunday Independent on Gareth Sheridan parting with MAGA
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December 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A weird wisdom to our presidential system https://pressreader.com/article/281689736159414 #aras2025 #aras25 Sunday Independent on Gareth Sheridan parting with MAGA
A weird wisdom to our presidential system pressreader.com/arti... #aras2025 #aras25 Sunday Independent on Gareth Sheridan parting with MAGA
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December 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A weird wisdom to our presidential system pressreader.com/arti... #aras2025 #aras25 Sunday Independent on Gareth Sheridan parting with MAGA
In my penultimate #MooneyOnPolitics of 2025, I unpack the fallout from @fiannafailparty.bsky.social #Áras25 review and why I can’t see An #Taoiseach lasting through 2026 (nor why it’d suit anyone if he did).
🎧 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/m...
🎧 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/m...
Mooney on Irish Politics
News Commentary Podcast · Monthly · A sometimes jaundiced, but always informed commentary on today's Irish politics from Derek Mooney, an experienced campaigner, former ministerial adviser and now a p...
podcasts.apple.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
In my penultimate #MooneyOnPolitics of 2025, I unpack the fallout from @fiannafailparty.bsky.social #Áras25 review and why I can’t see An #Taoiseach lasting through 2026 (nor why it’d suit anyone if he did).
🎧 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/m...
🎧 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/m...
‘Publish and be damned’: Fionnán Sheehan on his side of the Jim Gavin report. https://youtu.be/yT2bg7t4UJI?si=77w-w-Il4eXq6K-E via @YouTube #aras2025 #aras25
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
‘Publish and be damned’: Fionnán Sheehan on his side of the Jim Gavin report. https://youtu.be/yT2bg7t4UJI?si=77w-w-Il4eXq6K-E via @YouTube #aras2025 #aras25
‘Publish and be damned’: Fionnán Sheehan on his side of the Jim Gavin report. youtu.be/yT2bg7t4UJI... via @YouTube #aras2025 #aras25
‘Publish and be damned’: Fionnán Sheehan on his side of the Jim Gavin report
The Jim Gavin report has landed, but does it really explain how Fianna Fáil handled repeated warnings about a serious tenant dispute? Or does it reveal a party too willing to accept reassurances, too slow to ask hard questions, and too determined to protect a chosen candidate?
Fionnán Sheahan outli
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
‘Publish and be damned’: Fionnán Sheehan on his side of the Jim Gavin report. youtu.be/yT2bg7t4UJI... via @YouTube #aras2025 #aras25
2010] End this witch hunt on Sean Quinn, says Dubs hero Keith Barr <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/aras2024" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">a Quinn litigation manager] on protest march <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/aras25" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://independent.ie/regionals/herald/end-this-witch-hunt-on-quinn-says-dubs-hero-barr-on-protest-march/27947735.html [2010] [#aras2024 [#aras25
End this witch hunt on Quinn, says Dubs hero Barr on protest march
Dublin footballing legend Keith Barr has thrown his weight behind the campaign to have administrators removed from the Quinn Group.
www.independent.ie
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
2010] End this witch hunt on Sean Quinn, says Dubs hero Keith Barr <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/aras2024" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">a Quinn litigation manager] on protest march <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/aras25" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://independent.ie/regionals/herald/end-this-witch-hunt-on-quinn-says-dubs-hero-barr-on-protest-march/27947735.html [2010] [#aras2024 [#aras25
[2010] End this witch hunt on Sean Quinn, says Dubs hero Keith Barr [a Quinn litigation manager] on protest march independent.ie/regio... [2010] #aras2024 #aras25
End this witch hunt on Quinn, says Dubs hero Barr on protest march
Dublin footballing legend Keith Barr has thrown his weight behind the campaign to have administrators removed from the Quinn Group.
independent.ie
December 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
[2010] End this witch hunt on Sean Quinn, says Dubs hero Keith Barr [a Quinn litigation manager] on protest march independent.ie/regio... [2010] #aras2024 #aras25
Taoiseach Micheál Martin on the Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk 17th December about Jim Gavin Candidacy https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-the-pat-kenny-show/i-thought-he-had-prospects-micheal-martin-on-gavin-review #aras25 #aras2025
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Taoiseach Micheál Martin on the Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk 17th December about Jim Gavin Candidacy https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-the-pat-kenny-show/i-thought-he-had-prospects-micheal-martin-on-gavin-review #aras25 #aras2025
Taoiseach Micheál Martin on the Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk 17th December about Jim Gavin Candidacy www.newstalk.com/pod... #aras25 #aras2025
‘I thought he had prospects’ Micheál Martin on Gavin Review | Newstalk
Last night, Taoiseach Micheál Martin was in defence of his leadership at the Fianna Fáil parlia...
www.newstalk.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Taoiseach Micheál Martin on the Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk 17th December about Jim Gavin Candidacy www.newstalk.com/pod... #aras25 #aras2025
Is *AI Slop* being used at every opportunity? If so, it’s showing how inconsequential it *really* is to them. They didn’t even think to localise what appears to be the damning AI sloppy content 🤦🏾♀️🤯 -TBC
#spéirghorm #Gavin #IrishPol #FF #Áras25
#spéirghorm #Gavin #IrishPol #FF #Áras25
"It states the party carries out a comprehensive search for criminal records to see if there are any “felonies” or “misdemeanors”... (The Journal has inquired if AI was used to generate any of the report, but no response has been forthcoming)."
They really don't care.
#IrishPol
They really don't care.
#IrishPol
Analysis: Will Jim Gavin mess be a 'felony' for Micheál Martin or will he be saved by the 'lick arses'? jrnl.ie/6906048
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Is *AI Slop* being used at every opportunity? If so, it’s showing how inconsequential it *really* is to them. They didn’t even think to localise what appears to be the damning AI sloppy content 🤦🏾♀️🤯 -TBC
#spéirghorm #Gavin #IrishPol #FF #Áras25
#spéirghorm #Gavin #IrishPol #FF #Áras25
Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Jim Gavin candidacy • 20 Mins • 17 DEC • Today with David McCullagh #aras2025 #aras25 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22569204/
December 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Jim Gavin candidacy • 20 Mins • 17 DEC • Today with David McCullagh #aras2025 #aras25 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22569204/
Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Jim Gavin candidacy • 20 Mins • 17 DEC • Today with David McCullagh #aras2025 #aras25
Fianna Fáil Review Fallout
Ellen Coyne, Political correspondent with The Irish Times
www.rte.ie
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Fionnán Sheahan presenting the Tonight Show on Virgin Media discussing Jim Gavin candidacy #aras2025 #aras25 https://play.virginmediatelevision.ie/watch/replay/19366597/the-tonight-show-tue-16-dec?play_position=213 Niall Collins, Gavin Reilly, Derek Mooney, Alison O'Connor
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December 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Fionnán Sheahan presenting the Tonight Show on Virgin Media discussing Jim Gavin candidacy #aras2025 #aras25 https://play.virginmediatelevision.ie/watch/replay/19366597/the-tonight-show-tue-16-dec?play_position=213 Niall Collins, Gavin Reilly, Derek Mooney, Alison O'Connor
Fionnán Sheahan presenting the Tonight Show on Virgin Media discussing Jim Gavin candidacy #aras2025 #aras25 play.virginmediatele... Niall Collins, Gavin Reilly, Derek Mooney, Alison O'Connor
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December 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Fionnán Sheahan presenting the Tonight Show on Virgin Media discussing Jim Gavin candidacy #aras2025 #aras25 play.virginmediatele... Niall Collins, Gavin Reilly, Derek Mooney, Alison O'Connor
Wow! :O
Micheál Martin deserves big prizes both for arrogance and for idiocy. Everyone knows presidential elections are gruelling, that every potential candidate needs intensive scrutiny before endorsement.
Whatever else comes out in the #fiannafail #aras25 […]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
Micheál Martin deserves big prizes both for arrogance and for idiocy. Everyone knows presidential elections are gruelling, that every potential candidate needs intensive scrutiny before endorsement.
Whatever else comes out in the #fiannafail #aras25 […]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
December 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Wow! :O
Micheál Martin deserves big prizes both for arrogance and for idiocy. Everyone knows presidential elections are gruelling, that every potential candidate needs intensive scrutiny before endorsement.
Whatever else comes out in the #fiannafail #aras25 […]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
Micheál Martin deserves big prizes both for arrogance and for idiocy. Everyone knows presidential elections are gruelling, that every potential candidate needs intensive scrutiny before endorsement.
Whatever else comes out in the #fiannafail #aras25 […]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
"The process for selecting a candidate should commence "about 12 months" prior to the election to allow time for serious political scrutiny and potentially performing additional due diligence checks... " media.licdn.com/dms/... rather than 2 months #aras25 #aras2025
December 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"The process for selecting a candidate should commence "about 12 months" prior to the election to allow time for serious political scrutiny and potentially performing additional due diligence checks... " media.licdn.com/dms/... rather than 2 months #aras25 #aras2025