I confidently predict that this will be a circus on the scale of nothing we have ever seen before in Ireland.
Potential runners:
Bertie Ahern (Fianna Fail)
Enda Kenny (Fine Gael)
Gerry Adams (Sinn Fein)
Joseph Brolly (possibly Sinn Fein, possibly Labour, possibly independent)
Conor McGregor (International Fascist and INTERNET Shitposter Axis)
Ryan Tubridy (US Democratic Party)
A token liberal centrist woman who is involved with a charity
Sharon Keogan (to act as a female booster for McGregor)
This circus is going to happen and you all know it. The only people that can save us are the councils and the Oireachtas and they won’t save us.
Enda wouldn’t be the worst. I hate FG, hated his policies but he always came across as a decent human. For a ceremonial position like president i think he would be a good candidate
A list of Oireachtas members who would either definitely or possibly nominate Muscle-ini:
Violet Anne Wynne
Michael McNamara
Michael Collins
Noel Grealish
Danny Healy Rae
Michael Healy Rae
Carol Nolan
Richard O’Donoghue
Peter Fitzpatrick
Peadar Toibin
Michael Fitzmaurice
Marian Harkin
Marc MacSharry (is he stepping down as a TD at the next election?)
Mattie McGrath
Verona Murphy
Gerard Craughwell
Sharon Keogan
Ronan Mullen
You need 20 members of the Oireachtas. I’m not sure if Cokechullain has enough at the moment but that may well change after the next General Election when there will be 14 extra TDs.
Michael D shooting his mouth off fairly regularly has set a dangerous precedent and made the choice of President even more worrying considering the list of names @Cheasty has listed.
If some of the headbangers listed get in - expect to see the same high-profile voices who absolutely backed Michael D’s “right” to speak on political/government matters because it aligned with their views scream blue murder when someone they’re less fond off comes along and does the same thing,
If Michael D. Higgins had remained entirely silent it wouldn’t in any way affect the willingness of Conor McGregor or whatever far right populist gobshite to make a fool of Ireland on the international stage.
These people shout at the tops of their voices anyway. What anybody else says or does not say never affects that.