I said I’d come back after viewing RTÉ’s presidential candidates’ quizzing, so here I am. Did I learn much? Well yes. Definitely. Both Heather and Jim have looked at that poll with Catherine Connolly headed for the horizon with 32% opinion poll support, and Heather waaaay back at 23% and Jim at 15%. Having more […]
October, 2025
Going Up, Going Down: the race for President of Ireland
So how are the three candidates for President of Ireland doing? Well, two days ago I spoke with a man who said Paddy Power had put Catherine Connolly ahead after Monday night’s debate, but she had fluctuated between first and second since then-sometimes ahead of Heather Humphreys, sometimes behind. Looking at PP odds just now, […]
PAT+JUDE TALK TO EX-UNIONIST BEN COLLINS(NO RELATIVE) ABOUT HIS BOOK ‘THE IRISH UNITY DIVIDEND’
TODAY WE TALKED TO BEN COLLINS, A FORMER UNIONIST, ABOUT HIS TRAJECTORY FROM BEING AN EAST BELFAST UNIONIST TO BEING AN ADVOCATE OF A UNITED IRELAND. IN RECENT DAYS HE HAS PUBLISHED A BOOK ‘THE IRISH UNITY DIVIDEND’. WE’RE BIASED, OF COURSE, BUT WE FOUND HIM AND WHAT HE HAD TO SAY FASCINATING. SO CHECK […]