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    1. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 23 Jun 2018
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      She also crossed a big religious divide in Ireland and took communion at the Protestant Cathedral, that'd be as symbolic for many as Trump praying at a mosque, or maybe actually praying meaningfully at all really. She's now a canon in that church, because why not.

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    2. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 23 Jun 2018
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      She served for 14 years. Before her, we had Mary Robinson for 7 years. The President of Ireland has been a women for a majority of my life, and I'm old. Robinson was the *also* the lead representative for the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform, after Mary McAleese.

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    3. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 23 Jun 2018
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      She greatly expanded the modern soft power of the Presidency. She addressed the Parliament and used it as a sort of bully pulpit. She made women's right and equality a central issue, and she used diplomatic visits to highlight humanitarian issues.

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    4. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 23 Jun 2018
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      She resigned a few months before the end of her term to go and become the UN high commissioner for human rights. This week she and her old pal Hillary Clinton spoke at Trinity in Dublin.

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    5. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 23 Jun 2018
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      Again though, Robinson would be well to the left of Bernie Sanders. Though it's very hard to map Irish politics as left-right; the political alignments are much more nuanced and impacted by history.

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    6. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 23 Jun 2018
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      Oh Robinson was also a strong campaigner against the 8th amendment, which prohibited abortion and was recently appealed. She was against it *at the time*. This was not broadly popular.

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    7. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 23 Jun 2018
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      Big take-away: 30 years of Irish Presidents have been progressive in significant ways, supporters of the little guy, compassionate, and extremely popular in office.

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    8. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 23 Jun 2018
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      A not insignificant factor is how Irish elections work. We use a ranked system. This prevents "wasting" votes, discourages divisive two-partyism, and promotes broader sort of compromise position taking.

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    9. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 23 Jun 2018
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      Not one of those presidents was elected with a simple majority of first preference votes. Mary Robinson, widely regarded as our best president ever, didn't even a plurality of first preference votes!

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    10. Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 23 Jun 2018
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      Instead they were elected based on "transfers": 2nd and 3rd preference votes from voters whose 1st and then 2nd choices were eliminated.

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      Colm MacCárthaigh‏ @colmmacc 23 Jun 2018
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      We've had divisive candidates, Dana Scalon comes to mind, a former star (she sang for Ireland at the Eurovision) who ran on a platform of strong support for "traditional values". She got 2.9% of the vote.

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        1. Eugene O'Brien‏ @obrien_eugene 24 Jun 2018
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          Brilliant thread. So much information being set out so clearly!!

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        1. Stephen 2meters! Murphy‏ @stevemur67 24 Jun 2018
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          Don’t forget Mary Robinson’s concern for historic + contemporary Irish Emigration + the candle in the window of President’s home which remains lit as a permenant symbolic welcome home.

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        1. Ciaran‏ @CiaranJ63 28 Jun 2018
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          Be fair. Dana didnt just sing for Ireland at the Eurovision. She won it as a 16 year old. And back then it was a big deal. Worth winning. Not like now.

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        1. Jonny  🤘 🇪🇺 🌍‏ @the_bikes_hie 24 Jun 2018
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          And then look at the north, where I grew up. 😢

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        1. Electricfox‏ @Electricfox5 24 Jun 2018
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          Can...can you come and take over the running of the UK? Please? It's all gone a bit wrong....

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        1. Brendan McAleer‏ @brendan_mcaleer 24 Jun 2018
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          My response to this entire thread: Well. It's not Cahrk though.

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        1. Paul Doran‏ @Doranpaul 24 Jun 2018
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          "sang for Ireland"????? may God and his Holy Mother forgive ye. She "won for Ireland"..

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        1. Eugene Cooke MSc‏ @EugeneCooke1 25 Jun 2018
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          A very nice, easy to read thread!!! Insightful

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