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    Humphreys respinge il suggerimento di una campagna diffamatoria

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    2. chimpdoctor on

      I can’t even imagine the amount of money they have paid in online ad campaigns to try smear Connolly. I’d say they’ve upped their budget on it in the last couple of days. They will win the election for Connolly with all of the dirty tricks.

    3. MBMD13 on

      So I’d say they’re delighted in FG HQ with Ivan’s comments. Particularly in the last stretch of a campaign based almost entirely on personality. You really want your candidate to have to clarify they *won’t* be smearing the opposition.

    4. rossitheking on

      If you’re explaining you’re losing.

      This will get people thinking. FG have shot themselves in the foot. Clowns.

    5. dustaz on

      What evidence exactly is there of a smear campaign?

      Ariat from “Ivan Yates said”

    6. asdrunkasdrunkcanbe on

      Don’t forget your brief now lads;

      Negative articles about Connolly == smear campaign

      Negative articles about other candidates == great journalism

    7. micosoft on

      Great stuff. Hopefully Connolly will call out the actual smearing of Heather Humphries by her campaign then.

    8. TeoKajLibroj on

      It’s really frustrating how some people dismiss all criticism of their candidate as part of some conspiratorial smear campaign. I’m left wing, but I can see that Connolly has flaws and it’s not unreasonable to mention them.

    9. uiuuauiua on

      I mean what else does she have to run on? Her party have essentially given her a noose with how badly they have been in government over the last few years. If they did a good job she could say she’s FG with pride and easily have rebuttals. 

      She isn’t a great debater. She isn’t strong in policies. Even during that horrific Drivetime interview where her only reply was “I’m speaking as a woman” to the hypothetical of a sex offender being in the Dail, Catherine easily said your government have sat on a SAVI report that has shown little has changed in 21 years. 

      It’s not that shocking to suggest smear campaigns when you have the Minister For Health (who should be busy with the kids hospital but clearly wants some attention) cross posting with FG’s main account back to back really with rubbish about Catherine Connolly and the hypothetical questions of “Would you employ a sex offender” – when she herself is far from scandal free. They’re a joke shop. 

    10. Pagan_Pat on

      I notice the Irish Times reporting on this makes no mention of the Ivan Yates comments that Connolly was specifically reacting to. And their subheader reads “Candidates yesterday traded accusations over comments by Ms Connolly about employing a person with a conviction for sexual offences”, which really makes it sound like they’re talking about a real person with a real conviction and not a totally imaginary hypothetical scenario. 

      https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/10/10/presidential-election-live-connolly-and-humphreys-return-to-campaign-trail/

      Edit: it is a live feed and the Ivan Yates context has been added since I posted this. Glad to see it. 

    11. WraithsOnWings2023 on

      Even within this article RTÉ are misrepresenting the truth, they incorrectly claim the following –

      “The question referred to comments previously made by Ms Connolly, when she referenced Germany’s militarisation during the 1930s under the Nazis when discussing the country’s current defence spending.”

      Connolly never mentioned the Nazis when discussing German rearmament, so why are they adding it in?

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