Left-leaning independent Connolly set to be Ireland’s next president after her rival concedes defeat

Catherine Connolly is set to become Ireland's next president after her rival conceded defeat in Saturday's presidential ...

Who is Catherine Connolly?

Connolly is an outspoken critic of Israel's actions in Gaza and has vowed to use her presidency to be a "voice for peace" in ...

Ireland elects a leftist who campaigned on economic justice, Gaza

Catherine Connolly, an independent endorsed by Sinn Fein, campaigned on calls for urgent domestic reform with an unflinching ...
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BREAKING: Catherine Connolly wins comfortably in Carlow/Kilkenny as final tallies are announced

The Independent candidate from Galway was the number one choice on 61.4% (17,351) of valid ballots tallied with Fine Gael’s ...

Who are the women vying to be Ireland’s next president?

A third candidate, Jim Gavin, 54, dropped out of the race in early October over an unpaid debt to a former tenant. Though he ...

Catherine Connolly & Heather Humphreys cast votes at local polling stations as clear favourite revealed in race for Aras

THE candidates to become Ireland’s next president have been casting their votes after polling stations opened across the ...
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Ireland picks new president, polls indicate win for pro-Palestine candidate

Ireland’s voters are electing a new president, with polls indicating a win for left-wing independent Catherine Connolly, ...
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President Michael D Higgins casts his vote as Ireland goes to polls to elect next president

Independent candidate Catherine Connolly and Fine Gael nominee Heather Humphreys also cast their votes to succeed President ...