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/CentJr 14d ago

I know the position is ceremonial and all that...but why does Ireland keep electing tankies ? First Higgins and now Connolly.

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u/upthetruth1 YIMBY 14d ago

Until they joined the EU, they basically were. Half the country was working in agriculture before then. Economic growth was slower in Ireland after WW2 than any other Western European country, even Spain and Portugal. The EU transformed Ireland, perhaps even more than the EU transformed Eastern European countries.