Catherine Connolly’s landslide shakes Ireland’s establishment – but not its politics

<p>Connolly’s stunning victory humbles old parties and energises the left, yet it’s no revolution: the presidency remains symbolic</p><p>Catherine Connolly’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/catherine-connolly-ireland-presidential-election-leftwing">landslide victory</a> in Ireland’s presidential election is a stunning political feat that humiliates the establishment but does not signify a national swerve to the left.</p><p>There was nothing inevitable about her triumph, let alone its scale. In July, when she declared her candidacy, she was a one-woman act: an independent leftwing member of parliament from Galway who was unfamiliar to most voters.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/catherine-connollys-landslide-shakes-irelands-establishment-but-not-its-politics">Continue reading...</a>