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October 27, 2025

Independent Socialist Catherine Connolly Wins Irish Presidency
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Voters in Ireland have elected the independent socialist Catherine
Connolly to be president. Connolly is a critic of NATO who has accused
the United States and Britain of enabling genocide in Gaza. She spoke to
supporters in Dublin on Saturday.

President-elect Catherine Connolly: "I will be a president who listens
and who reflects and who speaks when it's necessary, and a voice for
peace, a voice that builds on our policy of neutrality, a voice that
articulates the existential threat posed by climate change."



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