5 h. ago Outcry over shock withdrawal of Irish presidential candidate

Billy Kelleher, who ran against Jim Gavin for the Fianna Fail nomination, called his selection a ‘serious miscalculation’

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8 h. ago Choosing Jim Gavin as presidential candidate a ‘serious miscalculation’ – MEP

Billy Kelleher, who ran against Jim Gavin for the Fianna Fail nomination, said the process to select a candidate were ‘quite chaotic’.

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1 week ago I was elected mayor of Istanbul, but I write this from jail: Turkish democracy is under grave threat | Ekrem Imamoğlu

If our nation slides deeper into autocracy, the consequences will reverberate far beyond Turkey’s bordersLast year, I was reelected mayor of Istanbul with 51% of the vote. It was the second time I had defeated the government-backed candidate. The first was in 2019 when the mayoral elections were annulled on flimsy pretexts; voters returned to the polls and handed us a victory by an even larger margin.But this year, democracy in Turkey has entered its most perilous phase. The process started in March on the eve of my nomination as the presidential candidate of the CHP, the century-old Republican People’s party. This was when my university degree was abruptly annulled. Why is this relevant? Because, under the Turkish constitution, one must have a university degree to be able to run for president. Soon after, I was accused of corruption and “aiding a terrorist organisation”. For six months, I have been behind bars, arrested on politically motivated corruption charges based on “anonymou...

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2 w. ago Laura Villars interview: Meet the Gen Z racer bidding to be first woman FIA president

Incumbent president Mohammed ben Sulayem and challenger Tim Mayer have been joined by Laura Villars, 28, who announced herself as a surprise third candidate in the FIA presidential election

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2 w. ago Fingerprint on scope matches man accused of trying to assassinate Trump, FBI says

Ryan Routh has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate

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3 w. ago Conor McGregor withdraws from Irish presidential race but 'this is not the end'

The 37-year-old was unable to get an official Irish Presidential nomination on the ballot paper, however he is seemingly withdrawing in a positive mood if his long statement is anything to go by

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3 w. ago Judge cuts off opening statement of man defending himself in court over Trump assassination attempt

Ryan Routh, who is accused of trying to assassinate US president at one of his golf resorts, unexpectedly spoke about evolution and HitlerThe trial defense of the man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at one of his golf resorts in Florida in September 2024 got off to a shaky start on Thursday, after he was cut off by the judge minutes into his opening remarks.Ryan Routh, 59, who is representing himself despite having no legal education, is charged with five crimes including attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate. He has pleaded not guilty. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Biden aides fire back after Harris book excerpts criticizing him and say she was ‘simply not good at the job’

The unsuccessful 2024 Democratic presidential candidate had accused the former president’s team of undermining her

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3 w. ago A jury is selected in the trial of a man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump

A jury has been selected in the trial of a man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump while he played golf in South Florida last year, when he was a presidential candidate

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3 w. ago Jim Gavin ‘delighted’ to be selected as Fianna Fail presidential candidate

The former Dublin Gaelic football manager defeated the party’s MEP Billy Kelleher in a secret ballot on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Macron played with fire by razing the political middle ground. Now France is burning | Jules Darmanin

He promised to break the mould, but with his hubristic disdain for left and right – and for voters – the president has entrenched instabilityIn his 2016 manifesto Revolution, the then-presidential candidate, Emmanuel Macron, accused France’s “fossilised political apparatus” of dangerously paving the way for Marine Le Pen’s rise to power. “The political class and the media are a band of sleepwalkers who refuse to see what is coming their way,” he wrote, “so we see the same faces and we hear the same speeches.” He pledged to throw away the old playbook and gather behind him “progressive reformers who believe that the destiny of France is to embrace modernity.”The fresh face of pro-EU liberalism swept to power the following year on a promise of radical change to bring France into the 21st century.Jules Darmanin is a French journalist Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Next Irish president should use office to advocate for unification – O’Neill

The Sinn Fein vice president refused to be drawn on whether her own party would be running a candidate in next month’s presidential election.

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