Spoiled votes in such huge numbers were very heartening on Saturday, but they won't change a thing absent focused and realistic political organisation on behalf of disillusioned voters. By me: https://t.co/2yKSwydFkv

I've completed an analysis of the spoiled voter in the link below. This is a voter who will invariably come into play in the future. https://t.co/EckZSGchJC

I wrote about @jo_bartosch and @robjessel16 's excellent new book Pornocracy (and the double standard that means nothing's offensive as long as it's in porn)

Fourteen years ago !

BEN SCALLAN: “If you remove the spoiled ballots, the 2025 Áras race saw the single lowest proportion of valid votes ever cast in an Irish Presidential election, bar none”: https://t.co/lv5IBrNJW8

Why use the term ‘Failed’ ? He put himself out there didn’t he ? 🙄

2025 Catherine Connolly 914,143 votes 63.4% 2018 Micheal D Higgins 822,566 55.81% Liadh Ni Riada 93,987 6.38% Its *literally* identical.

These figures are a useful reminder that the very best way to be successful in Irish politics is to constantly "call" on other people to do things, while never doing anything yourself.

gah typo.... 13% of all votes cast spoiled.

45.8% is a high turnout when a tankie wins, and 67.9% is a low turnout when a libertarian wins.

RTE says 68% turnout reflects "disillusionment with the entire political class"..... in another country. 45% turnout here with 13% of all votes cast however... represents a historic mandate for Catherine Connolly.

At 39,000 views. I don't like the number 39. The Steen Across the Water https://t.co/FhUE6sjwcl via @YouTube

Those stretchy fake spider-web decorations may seem fun… but for birds, bees and other beneficial insects, they become hidden traps. Every year, many songbirds and crucial pollinators get caught in them, struggle for their lives, and perish. This season, let’s keep Halloween

Bank Holiday weekend so decided to try out Football Manager 26..... boy oh boy is it shit. How have they messed up one of the greatest gaming franchises on earth? It's barely playable.

I really enjoyed this podcast with @stellaomalley3 https://t.co/mhBu9qRb76 via @YouTube

Fine Gael have been in Government for 15 years. The Tánaiste has been in cabinet continuously for the past decade. If it is time for the pendulum to swing back, who is responsible for its current position?

LAURA PERRINS: Unless the political right gets its act into gear and is willing to work in coalition with FF and FG, a genuine horror show awaits Ireland under a hard-left government that will make the present lot look like the stuff of fairytales: https://t.co/5rNQ3Vrngi

Every political party would improve themselves by at least 30% overnight if they just abolished the youth wing.

"This same person was critical of John McGuirk, editor of the conservative Gript website because of his support for Israel. “Jew McGuirk is an apt name,” he posted. Nothing here that isn't posted by anonymous accounts online every day. Ireland's anti semitism issue is real.

"Lessons will not be learned"