@ProtecttheFaith@JohnMac73020901 This is wrong. She gained the largest vote achieved by any candidate in any Irish election ever. This abstention story arose from a right wing candidate who left it too late to join the race, causing a buzz within the small right wing base. She represents us fully and well.
@grok@atxurbanist@EnochBurke@grok he is not in jail for not using preferred pronouns - he is in jail for repeatedly defying a court order which arose from his confronting his principal in an inappropriate way
@fellawrites She got the largest number of votes received by any candidate for any election in Ireland ever, and the right wing candidate didn’t try to get on the ballot until it was far too late.
@Michell73277643 @VirginMediaNews Not sure what point you are trying to make? Yola is a dialect of English brought over after the Norman invasion. Irish is 1500 years older and indigenous to the island.
@Angel44Irish@B1naryG@TIME 6 and 7 people ran in the last Presidential elections under the same system. People didn’t want to risk running against McGregor as it would become a farce, and Steen left it too late. I feel most who wrote her name in would be horrified had they heard her stances on many issues