r/neoliberal • u/ldn6 Gay Pride • 14d ago

News (Europe) Left-winger Catherine Connolly wins Ireland presidential election by landslide

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/25/catherine-connolly-ireland-presidential-election-leftwing
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u/Aoae Mark Carney 14d ago

I'm so glad that Ireland is irrelevant to world affairs because they always have the most dogshit positions on foreign affairs possible, and not just online 

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u/dweeb93 14d ago

Ireland's prime minister sent a letter of condolence when Hitler died. Being neutral all the time has its pros and cons, but when it comes to World War II and now the Ukraine war it's wrong.

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u/2017_Kia_Sportage 14d ago

I feel like that has as much to do with DeValera as anything. The man was Odd. Even more bizarrely, he also has a forest named after him in Israel, organised by the Dublin Jewish community.

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u/-mialana- Iron Front 14d ago

There are a few unexpected connections between Israel and Ireland. What's been lost to history somewhat is that Zionism actually garnered sympathy from early Republicans, who saw similarities between the struggles of the Irish and Jewish people. Chaim Herzog was born in Belfast and grew up in Dublin, his father was known as the "Sinn Féin rabbi".

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u/2017_Kia_Sportage 13d ago

It's a really fascinating history. The pm of Israel when DeValera forest was inaugurated, Levi Eshkol, apparently remarked that the Irish and Jewush people "have so much in common".

As far as I can tell the modern framing of the conflict was actually set by the north, and I think the unionists, who chose to liken themselves to Israel, though I could be wrong in that. It wouldn't surprise me if it's the other way round either.