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Outspoken critic of Nato and Gaza war, left-winger Catherine Connolly wins Irish presidency in landslide

Irish voters handed a major rebuke to the ruling establishment, electing left-wing independent Catherine Connolly as president in a landslide. Connolly, 68, campaigned on economic justice, criticism of Israel’s Gaza war, and defending Ireland’s neutrality against Western “militarism.”

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