Ireland elects Catherine Connolly
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Ireland elects pro-Palestine president Catherine Connolly, who has called Israel a "terrorist state" and vowed to be a "voice for peace".
Independent socialist Catherine Connolly’s coolness to Brussels and hostility to Donald Trump put her at odds with the Irish government.
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Catherine Connolly Wins Irish Presidency in Landslide Victory
Independent lawmaker Catherine Connolly has been elected president of Ireland by a decisive margin, capturing more than 63% of the vote and defeating her sole opponent, former cabinet minister Heather Humphreys,
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From 'symbol of change' to 'nutter': How media outlets abroad are covering Catherine Connolly
Al Jazeara described how Connolly’s campaign has been “especially popular among young people, who approve of her declaration that reunification with Northern Ireland is a ‘foregone conclusion’, her strong pro-Palestine stance, her commitment to social justice, and criticism of the European Union’s growing ‘militarisation’”.
Ireland’s newly elected president, Catherine Connolly, has been described by one media outlet as hostile to Donald Trump in her comments about the U.S. leader.
Every seven years Ireland gets to elect a constitutional monarch – a nominally impotent figurehead who meets and greets the great and good; who makes the occasional statement of