She obtained more than 63% of the votes and replaces Michael Higgins, who has governed since 2011. She is the country’s tenth president and the third woman.
From the local legislature to the presidency Ireland: Catherine Connollywho competed in his country’s elections without party support, widely defeated the candidate Heather Humphreys and will be the new Irish president for seven years. It is estimated that 3.6 million voters participated and Connolly obtained 63% of the vote, against 29.5% for Humphreys.
Connolly will be the tenth president of the country, which spent much of its history as a free state under British rule. Only in 1949 was the presidential position established, which already had two women as representatives: Mary Robinson (1990-1997) and Mary McAleese (1997-2011). will happen to Michael Higginswho held the position since 2011.
Heather Humphreysthe Fine Gael presidential candidate and former Minister of Social Protection, acknowledged defeat and congratulated the new president through a message on social networks: “I would like to congratulate Catherine Connolly on her election as the tenth President of Ireland. “Catherine will be the president of all of us, she will be my president and I wish her every success.”
The outgoing president, Michael Higginsalso congratulated the winner with a statement published through official Irish channels. “This afternoon I spoke on the phone with the president-elect, Catherine Connolly. I congratulated her on her election as the tenth president of Ireland on such an important day for her and her family. “The president-elect will have the full support of this office as she prepares for her inauguration next month.”he assured.
Catherine Connolly Mural Ireland
Who is Catherine Connolly, the new president of Ireland
With training in psychology and law, Catherine Connolly He began his political career in Labor Partytaking his first steps in the management of his hometown, Galway. There she was elected councilor and later became mayor.
However, an internal dispute in 2007 led her to begin a course as autonomous deputya position he assumed until competing in the 2025 elections. It is considered that he achieved his overwhelming victory with the support of the social democrats and the party Sinn Fein (former political arm of the left-wing armed organization IRA).
In addition to having youth support for supporting equal marriage projects and other social advances, his campaign was supported by criticism of the real estate crisis due to the difficulty of access to housing. In international politics, he had harsh positions against the European Union, the United States, NATO and Israel.
Source: Ambito
