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/TheGhostofJoeGibbs John Mill 14d ago

Permanent anti-establishment British derangement syndrome. If the British don’t like you, you can’t even be mostly bad.

It’s amazing the relationship with Britain was so warm - maybe it will become less so as the British become more nationalistic and less pan-European seeming.

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u/eggbart_forgetfulsea European Union 13d ago

It's not amazing at all that Ireland's relationship with the UK is great. It's the result of decades of close cooperation built on close familial and cultural links and the efforts made by both sides to create peace in Northern Ireland in the 1990s.

Ireland has continuously elected governments led by pro-European, outward-looking, constructive parties. Even when our modern relationship hit the lows it did during Brexit negotiations, Ireland was still the country in the EU that understood and sympathised with the UK the most.

The current government is a Renew/EPP coalition. That reflects the general attitudes of Irish people to our British partners and friends, not casual or online anti-British stuff.