US EditionCatherine Connolly Wins Ireland's Presidential Election
Independent Catherine Connolly won with 63.4% of votes, marking a historic left-wing victory amid 40% turnout and 13% spoiled ballots reflecting voter dissatisfaction.
- On Saturday, counting showed left-wing independent Catherine Connolly elected Ireland’s 10th president, with early tallies naming her the clear frontrunner across the country.
- Gavin’s late withdrawal three weeks before polling left his name on the ballot paper, narrowing the race after he quit over a long-ago financial dispute.
- Counting data indicate over 1.6 million voters cast ballots, with a turnout of 43%, and Connolly was elected on the first count with 914,143 votes and a quota of 721,350.
- Outgoing President Michael D. Higgins rang to congratulate President-elect Catherine Connolly, who will be inaugurated on November 11 with full support from the presidential office.
- The surge in spoiled ballots with protest messages like `no democracy` and `EU puppets` in Adamstown count centre rivalled Heather Humphreys and Gavin totals, challenging the government coalition and uniting left-wing parties including Sinn Féin, Labour and the Social Democrats.
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Ireland news: 'Ugly undercurrent!' Unionists lash out at President Election after hard-left independent seals victory
Unionist leaders in Northern Ireland have slammed the election of new Irish President Catherine Connolly, suggesting it showed the "ugly undercurrent of intolerance
She began as an outsider, critics call her radical left: now Catherine Connolly has been elected as Ireland's President. Can she still be one of the divided countries?
Catherine Connolly to be Irish President in landslide win
Independent candidate Catherine Connolly will become the 10th President of Ireland after winning a record number of first-preference votes. The 914,143 of these ballots she received accounted for 63% of the total. The runner up Heather Humphreys received 424,987 votes, amounting to 29.5%. The final result was the following: Connolly (Independent): 914,143 (63.4%) Heather Humphreys (Fine Gael): 424,987 (29.5%) Jim Gavin (Fianna Fáil): 103,568 (7.…
The left-wing Catherine Connolly won the presidential election in Ireland. There was praise from the election loser Heather Humphreys, who called Connolly "President for All".
Dublin. Catherine Connolly, a veteran legislator on the left of the Irish political spectrum, was elected president yesterday by a crushing margin, in a harsh reproach to the recently relected centre-right coalition in the European country.
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