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Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 51m

It hard to play that game when the other option is always the same - a piece of damp beige cardboard.

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Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 2h

Poor Fine Gaeler upset that their strategy of playing "would you rather" with Connolly isn't fooling the electorate
www.thejournal.ie/presidential...

Another longtime [Fine Gael] member voiced their concern that despite there being multiple controversies attached to Connolly “none of them appear to be sticking”.

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Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 52m

Whoa too far

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Izzy Kamikaze @izzykamikaze.bsky.social · 3h

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable, coroner rules
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/09/n...

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13h

The Nobel Prize committee have a lot of questions to answer about giving the Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado.

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Public Universal Girlfriend 🏳️‍⚧️ @girlfriend.bsky.social · 23h

> hear about a new girl boss fighting for peace and freedom
> ask if the girl boss is greta or thatcher
> they don't understand
> pull out a complicated chart showing what is greta and what is thatcher
> they laugh, she's a good girl boss miss
> check wikipedia
> she's thatcher

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Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 4h

What they don't mention is that it's the IT and their pals fanning the flames

Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 5h

'Repo' Connolly stumbling on path to president?

Áras campaign: Connolly feeling the heat of being out in front
#aras25
#speirgorm
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Áras campaign: Connolly feeling the heat of being out in front

Independent candidate endures a mixed week due to the increased scrutiny that a likely president can expect

www.irishtimes.com

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Philip Beattie @pbeattie.bsky.social · 14h

Catherine Connolly pronounces it ‘scone’.

#SmearTheBejaysis

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Anne-Marie @amflynn.bsky.social · 14h

Someone told me Catherine Connolly replies to long text messages with a '👍'

#SmearTheBejaysis

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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 21h

they obviously realised it would be a bit too brazen to give the peace prize to Trump so they did something else which signalled that they, like so many institutions, are prepared to kowtow to him for basically no reason.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16h

"well what are the Democrats supposed to do" I don't know! They're supposed to know! I'm not the one who sought and obtained a political position that would require me to know what to do when the ruling party attempts to install the President as a dictator!

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 16h

way to go, sir

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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 16h

I saw Catherine Connolly buy a packet of crisps in the pub and she didn't tear it open and put it in the middle of the table.

Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 17h

Catherine Connolly seen buying 11 items in the 10 items or less aisle!

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Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 16h

I saw Catherine Connolly tell a magpie to go fuck itself instead of giving an appropriate salute.

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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 17h

I saw Catherine Connolly watch an ambulance pass by and she didn't bless herself.

Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 17h

Catherine Connolly seen buying 11 items in the 10 items or less aisle!

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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 19h

EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Connolly Shared Netflix Account Password To Numerous Non Subscribers http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/10/exclusive-catherine-connolly-shared-netflix-account-password-to-numerous-non-subscribers/

EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Connolly Shared Netflix Account Password To Numerous Non Subscribers

In more damning revelations about the queen of political controversy, left-wing Presidential hopeful Catherine Connolly was unavailable for comment today after her team was pressed about possible corruption charges relating to her Netflix streaming service. Information …

waterfordwhispersnews.com

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 17h

Just flown in from Riyadh, and boy are my excuses tired

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Fi @fifyfofum.bsky.social · 16h

Catherine Connolly saw a dog stretching and did not say "oh big stretch". #speirgorm

Sharrow 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🦄💙📚🎃 @sharrow.bsky.social · 16h

I saw Catherine Connolly buy a bottle of coke a cola water, drink it and not recycle the bottle!

Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 17h

Driver pulled over to give way for Catherine Connolly on rural road and Connolly did *not* give awkward little wave of acknowledgement

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Denise Murray/Donnacha Ní Mhuireadhaigh @mousketeer.bsky.social · 17h

Multiple sources say she packs her shopping at the till in Aldi.

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 1d

I read on IMDB that when TJ from My Girl was dying from anaphylactic shock after been stung by a bee Catherine Connolly was behind a tree with an epi-pen in her pocket breaking her hole laughing.

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 17h

I saw Catherine Connolly label a pan au chocolat as a plain croissant in the self checkout

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Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 17h

Driver pulled over to give way for Catherine Connolly on rural road and Connolly did *not* give awkward little wave of acknowledgement

Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 17h

Catherine Connolly seen buying 11 items in the 10 items or less aisle!

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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 20h

Heather Humphreys won’t say if she paid an anti-vacancy tax on her unused residential property.

Humphreys has left the property unoccupied for the last 14 years, during which time the vacant homes tax was introduced.

www.ontheditch.com/humphreys-wo...

Humpheys won’t say if she paid vacant homes tax

She’s left the property unoccupied for more than a decade.

www.ontheditch.com

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Izzy Fox, PhD 🍉 @izzyfox.bsky.social · 17h

Catherine Connolly seen buying 11 items in the 10 items or less aisle!

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Steph @stephanenny.bsky.social · 17h

a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland with the word sigh above her

ALT: a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland with the word sigh above her

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