#heatherhumphreys — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/ie/673865/ Humphreys questioned if there was ‘hierarchy of Irishness’ after sectarian abuse during Áras run #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #NorthernIreland #politics #prejudice #SectarianAbuse #Sectarianism #TopStories #TopStories #Unionism #UnitedIreland

https://www.europesays.com/ie/581326/ Presidential election displayed Republic’s ‘intolerance,’ says head of Orange Order – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #ChurchOfIreland #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FineGael #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #NorthernIreland #OrangeOrder #PresidentialElection #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/578619/ Prodcast: ‘It’s about being proud to be Irish, proud to be a Prod, proud of my country’ – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Brexit #CatherineConnolly #CommonGround #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FontainesDc #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #Kneecap #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #NorthernIreland #PresidentialElection #TopStories #TopStories #weekendreview #WolfeTones

https://www.europesays.com/uk/768704/ Healthcare workers with Long Covid feel ‘abandoned’ as special payment ends – The Irish Times #COVID19 #Dublin #EuropeanUnion #Health #HealthServiceExecutiveHse #Healthcare #HeatherHumphreys #IrishCongressOfTradeUnionsIctu #IrishNursesAndMidwivesOrganisation #JenniferCarrollMacneill #LabourParty #LabourCourt #MicheálMartin #PhilNiSheaghdha #SocialDemocrats #StJamessHospital #UK #UnitedKingdom #WorldHealthOrganisation

https://www.europesays.com/ie/339900/ Healthcare workers with Long Covid feel ‘abandoned’ as special payment ends – The Irish Times #Covid19 #dublin #Éire #EuropeanUnion #Health #HealthCare #HealthServiceExecutiveHse #Healthcare #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #IrishCongressOfTradeUnionsIctu #IrishNursesAndMidwivesOrganisation #JenniferCarrollMacNeill #LabourCourt #LabourParty #MichealMartin #PhilNiSheaghdha #SocialDemocrats #StJamessHospital #WorldHealthOrganisation

https://www.europesays.com/ie/338746/ Ireland should apologise for ‘unjustifiable conduct’ during Troubles, says new UUP leader – The Irish Times #BloodySunday #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #CommonGround #DemocraticUnionistParty #derry #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #KenovaReport #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MichealMartin #News #NorthernIreland #PoliceServiceOfNorthernIrelandPsni #TopStories #TopStories #UlsterUnionistParty

https://www.europesays.com/ie/174794/ Catherine Connolly set to be inaugurated as Ireland’s 10th president – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MichaelDHiggins #News #PresidentialElection #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/158396/ ‘I’m shocked, angry and sad… I couldn’t go back into the studio with him and have banter after that’: Matt Cooper on the Ivan Yates fallout #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FiannaFail #FineGael #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #JimGavin #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/150860/ ‘I feel invisible to the Irish political classes’ – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FiannaFail #FineGael #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MariaSteen #MichealMartin #News #PresidentialElection #SimonHarris #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/147511/ Catherine Connolly landslide sparks hope for left-wing unity but soul-searching in FF – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FiannaFail #FineGael #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #JimO'Callaghan #JimGavin #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MaryLouMcdonald #MichealMartin #News #PeopleBeforeProfitSolidarityPbps #PresidentialElection #SinnFein #SocialDemocrats #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/147278/ Four one-time Áras hopefuls on what they’d do differently if they could turn the clock back #Aras25 #aras25 #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #GarethSheridan #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #LookingBack #MainNews #MainNews #News #NickDelehanty #PresidentialElection #StalledCampaign #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/146538/ Who is Béibhinn O’Connor? The power behind Catherine Connolly’s victorious run to the Áras – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #galway #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #PresidentialElection #TopStories #TopStories #TrinityCollegeDublinTcd

https://www.europesays.com/uk/529387/ Ireland’s president-elect Catherine Connolly supports Palestinians, questions EU policies #20242025MideastWars #CatherineConnolly #EU #Europe #European #EuropeanUnion #GazaStrip #GeneralNews #GovernmentPolicy #Hamas #HeatherHumphreys #Ireland #IsraelHamasWar #MichaelD.Higgins #MicheálMartin #NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization #PalestinianTerritoriesGovernment #Politics #RaceAndEthnicity #WorldNews

https://www.europesays.com/ie/146080/ Catherine Connolly rises serenely as brutal presidential election has uplifting end – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FiannaFail #FineGael #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #HollyCairns #IE #Ireland #IvanaBacik #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MaryLouMcdonald #MichealMartin #News #PeadarToibin #PresidentialElection #SimonHarris #TopStories #TopStories

Ireland elects a left-wing president in an anti-government landslide.

Independent Catherine Connolly won a record 63.4% of valid votes.

Heather Humphreys of the government coalition party Fine Gael finished a distant second with 29.5%. Finishing in third and last place Saturday was Jim Gavin of the largest government party, Fianna Fáil, who won barely 7% of votes.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251025-ireland-elects-a-left-wing-president-in-an-anti-government-landslide?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Ireland #Politics #CatherineConnolly #HeatherHumphreys #FineGael #JimGavin #FiannaFail

https://www.europesays.com/ie/145651/ Heather Humphreys says family suffered ‘awful sectarian abuse’ during campaign – The Irish News #Aras2025 #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #Éire #Election2025 #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #Irish #IrishPresident #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #NorthernIreland #RepublicOfIreland #TopStories #TopStories #UK

https://www.europesays.com/ie/145576/ Catherine Connolly elected 10th president of Ireland in landslide victory – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #DublinCastle #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FiannaFail #FineGael #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #JimGavin #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #PresidentialElection #TopStories #TopStories

Batacazo electoral: Catherine Connolly, líder de la izquierda, es elegida presidenta de Irlanda | vía #UChileRadio

https://radio.uchile.cl/2025/10/25/batacazo-electoral-catherine-connolly-lider-de-la-izquierda-es-elegida-presidenta-de-irlanda/

#batacazoelectoral #catherineconnolly #conflictogaza #eleccionesirlanda #heatherhumphreys #izquierdairlandesa #presidentairlanda

https://www.europesays.com/ie/144984/ Spoiled ballots hit unprecedented level as voters express frustration at choice of candidates – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #PresidentialElection #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/144982/ Taoiseach congratulates Catherine Connolly on presidential election win – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MichaelDHiggins #News #PresidentialElection #TopStories #TopStories

Just in: the final sound of #HeatherHumphreys in #Aras25 #Aras2025 #Shutdown 😈

https://www.europesays.com/ie/144946/ the real winners (and losers) of the presidential election – The Irish Times #BertieAhern #BillyKelleher #BobGeldof #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FiannaFail #FineGael #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #JimGavin #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MariaSteen #News #SeánKelly #SinnFein #TopStories #TopStories

Thanks, @ccferrie.

Interesting results. Donegal almost as high as Connolly's home town. And even the FG stronghold of Dún Laoghaire is still (narrowly) over 50% for Connolly.

It looks like the only constituency with #HeatherHumphreys in the lead will be her home ground of Cavan–Monaghan. I didn't want Humphreys to win, but I feel sorry for the extent of her humiliation

https://www.europesays.com/ie/144868/ What went wrong in the Heather Humphreys campaign? – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FiannaFail #FineGael #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #JimGavin #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #PresidentialElection #TopStories #TopStories

https://www.europesays.com/ie/144650/ This is a disastrous day for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #DailEireann #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #FiannaFail #FineGael #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #InsidePolitics #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #News #PresidentialElection #TopStories #TopStories

Catherine Connolly is the favourite to succeed Michael Higgins as president in Irish election.

Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly is expected to beat her challenger, centrist Fine Gael Heather Humphreys.

A recent poll suggested 49% of voters did not feel represented by either of them.

The winner will succeed 84-year-old Michael Higgins, who has held the post since 2011.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20251025-catherine-connolly-is-the-favourite-to-succeed-michael-higgins-as-president-in-irish-election?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Ireland #Politics #Elections #CatherineConnolly #HeatherHumphreys #MichaelHiggins

Counting to begin in Ireland’s presidential election https://www.byteseu.com/1481596/ #Aras2025 #CatherineConnolly #DublinCastle #HeatherHumphreys #Ireland #JimGavin #MichaelD.Higgins #president

https://www.europesays.com/ie/142687/ Michael D Higgins casts vote as Ireland goes to polls in presidential election – The Irish Times #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CatherineConnolly #Éire #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #HeatherHumphreys #IE #Ireland #LatestNews #LatestNews #MainNews #MainNews #MichaelDHiggins #News #PresidentialElection #TopStories #TopStories

Ireland votes to choose next president https://www.byteseu.com/1479342/ #CatherineConnolly #FineGael #HeatherHumphreys #Ireland #MichaelD.Higgins #NorthernIrelandBorder #PresidentialElection

Polling Day

So we come to it at last. After weeks of campaigning, today’s the day we get to cast our votes in the election of a new President of the Republic of Ireland. All the polls suggest that the winner will be Catherine Connolly, and indeed the only posters I have seen around my neighbourhood are for her.

The only message I got through the door was for her too:

I shall shortly be heading to the Presentation Girls National School in Maynooth, which is my polling station. I’ll be voting for Catherine Connolly, in case you want to know. She is clearly the better candidate; my opinion of Heather Humphreys went down every time I heard her speak. Anyway, we should know the result by tomorrow evening when we’ll find out whether the opinion polls are right.

Today also happens to be the last day before our study break in Maynooth University and the start of a long weekend. I did my last teaching session of the week yesterday, actually. That’s why I didn’t have to get up early to vote before work. It also means have research on the agenda for today. Monday 27th October is a Bank Holiday and there are no lectures for the rest of the week. There are conferring ceremonies, though, including one for my recently-completed PhD student on Wednesday.

#CatherineConnolly #HeatherHumphreys #PresidentOfIreland #PresidentialElection

If you ever needed a reason not to vote for this abhorrent woman, this is it.

#Ireland #presidentalelection #heatherhumphreys

#BertieAhern is backing #HeatherHumphreys for the Áras.

Do YOU stand with #Bertie? #Aras25 #PresidentialElection

#FineGael finally gets that #HeatherHumphreys needs a #miracle to have a chance of beating #CatherineConnolly. 😈 #Aras25

The best bit of the #SundayTimes report is that Humphreys will shift to a “forward-focused” message “of explaining what her vision is for the presidency”. 😂 With only 5 days to go, a pivot from smears to an unspecified "vision" is like George Bush discovering "the vision thing". 😂🤣

https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/fine-gael-humphreys-damage-limitation-presidential-election-scdlmcnq8

Archived full text: https://archive.is/D2DX6

#ConnollyForPresident

Bertie's endorsement of #HeatherHumphreys is a huge boost for #CatherineConnolly in #Aras25 😈

I'm hoping that lots of people will take the opportunity to give Humphreys a #brownEnvelope when she is out campaigning. Just as a sign of her support from #FiannaFail 😅 🤣

https://www.thejournal.ie/bertie-ahern-heather-humphreys-presidential-election-6845848-Oct2025/

Ireland must not be intimidated by Britain's stance on Palestine

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/ireland-must-not-be-intimidated-britains-stance-palestine

Ireland must not be intimidated by Britain's stance on Palestine

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/ireland-must-not-be-intimidated-britains-stance-palestine

Not in the news today: an estimated 450.000 #pitbulls did nothing but love their families.

(Worth noting as #HeatherHumphreys was among the ones promoting the bullies ban)

And then there were two…

Now that all the excitement about the Nobel Prize for Physics has died down I thought I would do a quick post to follow up my previous one about the election for the next President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann). Only three people gathered enough support by the deadline to be named on the ballot paper, namely: Catherine Connolly (an independent TD standing as a unified leftist who has the support of Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats and People Before Profit); Jim Gavin a former GAA player and football manager for Dublin, Civil Aviation Authority bigwig, and flying instructor in the Air Corps who was picked up by Fianna Fáil as their candidate; and Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys.

Sunday 5th October saw the withdrawal of Jim Gavin. It has to be said that he looked and sounded completely out of his depth in the TV debates, performing so badly that the bookies had put him at 16-1 by Sunday morning, but the final straw was a scandal over rent overpaid by a tenant to Gavin 16 years ago and never returned. I thought Gavin always looked like a potential banana skin for Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach Micheál Martin but in the event he turned into a hot potato that left Martin with egg on his face. Apparently Martin had pushed FF members very hard to select Gavin as their candidate, even though he wasn’t a member until recently, but now they are wondering why they had been asked to endorse a dodgy landlord from outside the party when there were so many of those already in it.

So now there are only two candidates, except that the relevant electoral law does not allow a candidate to withdraw after the deadline for nominations (which was 24th September) so Jim Gavin’s name will still be on the ballot paper. It will be interesting to see how many people vote for him despite his withdrawal, as a kind of protest. They might make a difference, as might those who transfer their first choice to Heather Humphreys. I suspect many ardent FF-ers will just not vote, though. In that case it will simply be down to who wins the most first preferences.

It wasn’t – and still isn’t – obvious to me which of the two remaining candidates is favoured by these shenanigans, but it is clear what the Bookies think: odds are currently Connnolly 1/3 favourite and Humphreys 11/4. At the start of the campaign Catherine Connolly was the outsider, but she’s now odds-on favourite. She’s the only candidate whose team has canvassed me (so far)

Election Day is Friday October 24th.

#CatherineConnolly #GarethSheridan #HeatherHumphreys #IrishPresidentialElection #JimGavin #MariaSteen #Politics

And then there were three…

Nominations of candidates for the next President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann) closed at 12 noon, and only three gathered enough support to be named on the ballot paper. These are Catherine Connolly (left), Jim Gavin (centre) and Heather Humphreys (right). The last time there were as few as three candidates was 1990, when Mary Robinson was elected. The last Presidential Election had six candidates.

A number of names were touted ahead of today’s deadline for nominations, some plausible and some bizarre, but most dropped out without ever getting started. That list includes Bob Geldof, Michael Flatley of Riverdance fame, Conor McGregor (a famous rapist), a man who runs a doggy-day-care business, and a lady, whose name escapes me, who used to read the weather forecast on the telly.

Last week businessperson Gareth Sheridan also dropped out, having failed to convince enought local authorities to nominate him. The threshold for this route to nomination is very low, just 4 out of 31 – 26 County Councils, three City Councils (Dublin, Galway and Cork) and two hybrids (Limerick and Waterford). Sheridan only secured two so dropped out. I never really understood why he was standing as his company is facing litigation in the USA for fraud and breach of contract, and that would have undergone relentless scrutiny during the election campaign, so I find it strange he was willing to risk that. Anyway, it doesn’t matter now; he’s a non-runner.

The last one to drop out was ultra-conservative Catholic anti-everything campaigner Maria Steen. She went for the route of nominations from members of the  Oireachtas (TDs and Senators). After frantically scraping the bottom of the barrel she came up two short of the 20 needed and dropped out just before the deadline. My worry with this reactionary person was not that Ireland would end up with her as President, but that the election campaign (which will last a month) would be dominated by her airing her bigoted views.

The three remaining candidates are Catherine Connolly (an independent TD standing for a unified leftist) who has the support of Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats and People Before Profit. Jim Gavin is a former GAA player and football manager for Dublin and flying instructor in the Air Corps who was picked up by Fianna Fáil as their candidate (although I don’t think he was a member before the campaign started. Last we have the Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys. I normally react with an instant “no” to FG drones, but she is a Presbyterian, whose father was a member of an Orange Order, which would be interesting for North-South politics on the island.

Maria Steen would probably have fragmented the right-wing vote and thus favoured Connolly on first preferences, but now it’s basically a choice between one left and two right. Since FF and FG are basically equivalent, they will probably mainly transfer to each other, so if Connolly is going to win she will have to do it on first preferences.

Election day (24th October) is exactly a month away. Deciding who to vote for will be as easy as one-two-three.

PS. The bookies’ odds via Oddschecker are: Humphreys 11/10 fav; Gavin 15/8; Connolly 5/2.

#CatherineConnolly #GarethSheridan #HeatherHumphreys #IrishPresidentialElection #JimGavin #MariaSteen #Politics

[00:04] Three councillors selected by Fine Gael to run in Heather Humphreys’ constituency following shock resignation

Fine Gael will run three established councillors to replace Heather Humphreys and try add a second seat in a key swing constituency.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/three-councillors-selected-by-fine-gael-to-run-in-heather-humphreys-constituency-following-shock-resignation/a1692597393.html

#FineGael #three #HeatherHumphreys #second

[00:20] Heather Humphreys will not contest next General Election

Fine Gael Deputy Leader Heather Humphreys has announced that she will not stand in the upcoming General Election.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1019/1476390-heather-humphreys/

#HeatherHumphreys #GeneralElection

[23:53] “Time catches up on us all’ – Shock as Fine Gael deputy leader Heather Humphreys won’t content general election

Fine Gael deputy leader Heather Humphreys has made the shock decision not to run in the upcoming general election.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/time-catches-up-on-us-all-shock-as-fine-gael-deputy-leader-heather-humphreys-wont-content-general-election/a1833567374.html

#HeatherHumphreys

[01:00] Payment dates for cost-of-living supports to be announced

Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys will this morning confirm the payment dates for the cost-of-living supports announced in the Budget.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/1008/1474109-cost-of-living-payments/

#SocialProtection #HeatherHumphreys #thismorning #Budget

[18:50] ‘Baby boost’ €420 Child Benefit to be paid for babies born in December this year

SOCIAL Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has brought forward the Baby Boost for newborns who arrive in December 2024.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/baby-boost-420-child-benefit-to-be-paid-for-babies-born-in-december-this-year/a606546478.html

#HeatherHumphreys #December2024

[17:38] ‘A bit of support before Christmas is a big help’ – says Heather Humphreys ahead of Tuesday’s Budget

Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has said she anticipates that Budget 2025 will offer a strong cost of living package.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/a-bit-of-support-before-christmas-is-a-big-help-says-heather-humphreys-ahead-of-tuesdays-budget/a454208190.html

#SocialProtection #HeatherHumphreys

Does anybopdy have a spare heart they can donate to #HeatherHumphreys ?

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0124/1428235-ukraine-welfare-payments/

#Ukraine #refugees #RefugeesWelcome