Kevin Cunningham: Catherine Connolly likeliest to be seen as ‘Continuity Michael D’ in presidential race

www.independent.ie/opinion/anal...

It is with profound sadness that RTÉ announces the death of radio presenter and actor Seán Rocks. Seán died last night following a brief illness at the age of 63. 
 
Seán is survived by his beloved Catherine and sons Christian and Morgan.

May he rest in peace.

Not all analysis!

Seanad-esque

That particular argument really irks. It reveals quite an elitist lack of faith in ordinary people, as support for the likes of McGregor is absolutely miniscule.

New piece for @dublininquirer.com about Dublin City Council's well-regarded Neighbour Transport Scheme, that quietly went away.

Given that it is topical, from April's Ireland Thinks/Sunday Independent

'Should Ireland withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest in protest against the inclusion of Israel in the contest?'

Yes 55
No 37
Don't know 8

Nearly 800 wards/divisions in now. Reform are still doing better in areas with fewer university graduates, higher levels of employment in manufacturing and primary industries, and where UKIP did well in 2017.

The evidence for a big age gradient in the Reform vote looks weak now.

@news.sky.com

'The same way as Brexit'

Congratulations David!!

The key chart right now:

Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.

This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.

Yup.

What a sad sight

Turns out a lot of people who claimed to care about freedom of speech actually don’t.

One of the many problems with having plain clothes secret police kidnapping people off the street in broad daylight is that nobody can tell the difference from criminals doing exactly the same thing. It makes everyone in society less safe.

always a NO to gen AI

Hi there @repjournal.bsky.social I've been wading through some of the earliest issues of your Journal and thought you might like this pic of your very first issue from 1908

My latest analysis in the Sunday Independent on where the median Irish voter stands on defence and housing issues.

Covering the Triple Lock, NATO, Defence spending, Neutrality, EU Army, Log cabins & one-off-housing planning, tax cuts, derelict buildings...

www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

Hard to say it but, notwithstanding one's position Zelenskyy really f**ked up today and in a way in which I'm not sure we'll recover.

Breaking News: cluster analysis creates groups of people with different opinions.

I may be wrong here (and I have been!) but I will guess that this will be among the more popular initiatives.

'NIMBYism' by contrast is very much a minority sport rather than a reflection of popular opinion even in a given locality. A miniscule number of people are blocking developments these.

don't do it Will

Exploring the decline of immigration as an issue in Irish politics:

analysis.irelandthinks.ie/drop-in-asyl...

In case you were wondering how things are going in Germany & on X, after Elon Musk announced his support for the far-right "Alternative für Deutschland" (AfD) in the upcoming Federal election:
The chart below shows sums of tweets x impressions by members of parliament over the past 7 days...🧵⤵️