Mairead McGuinness nominato da Fine Gael per candidarsi per la presidenza
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/07/15/mairead-mcguinness-nominated-by-fine-gael-to-run-for-presidency/
di BatesMSc
Mairead McGuinness nominato da Fine Gael per candidarsi per la presidenza
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/07/15/mairead-mcguinness-nominated-by-fine-gael-to-run-for-presidency/
di BatesMSc
26 commenti
Bleugh
The big P show has begun proper
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Oh sweet jesus
Phoenix Park would be a great place to rent out an office
Why or why not?
No thanks
I think shes too condescending. I don’t see the irish electorate liking her. Her only chance is other parties pick worse candidates….which is eminently possible
I can already feel she won’t crack my top 7
That will be her retirement sorted.
Honestly, it’s not a bad pick. She’s uncontroversial, boring and distinctly middle of the pack.
If it’s all loons she does well, if it’s a decent field and she performs middling, she doesn’t embarrass FG.
Another milquetoast career politician
She screams Hilary Clinton 2016 – objectively qualified but severely lacking charisma. It’s a trait shared by many fg presidential candidates in the past. It’s not a coincidence they’ve never held the Áras, I can’t see that changing with McGuinness.
I presume McGregor is out of the race at this stage,
You know, due to having exposed his actual penis to the public in the past few days?
Any previous presidential candidates had their genitalia publicly exposed just before kickoff?
A strong candidate, I’d imagine a lot of potential opponents will opt out now.
Can somebody explain the general negativity here? She seems very middle of the road
She doesn’t excite me, but at the very least she’d be a safe pair of hands. She’s also got a wreath if experience politicking at a high level and is incredible well respected within the EU circles.
In place of some of the other names being bandied around I think she could do well as the least worst, uncontroversial candidate, appealing to a generally disinterested electorate.
She’s way too religious and sympathetic to right wing Catholic shite
She’ll have my vote. Very keen to keep the extreme foreign policy views of Catherine Connolly etc away from the office of President.
I nominate Dustin the Turkey
Yep she ticks all the boxes, mainly used to work in RTE
Ew no thanks
Not a fan of the far-left, but Joe Higgins was a legend for telling the President of the day to her face that he thought the presidency was superfluous.
Wikipedia:
“When President Mary McAleese telephoned Higgins in 2004 to inform him of her decision to seek re-election, he told her that her office was ‘superfluous and should be abolished’. McAleese was reported to have been left speechless”.
A professional Eurocrat who defended Ursula von der Leyen.
You tell thos sub is aging when they find McGuinness the acceptable candidate 🤣