Not since the earthquake general election of 2011, when Fianna Fáil was almost made extinct in the wake of the financial crash and the IMF bailout, have Irish voters delivered such a stunning result in an election.
The landslide victory for Catherine Connolly is the most important aspect of the result. While the numbers will not be firmed up until the first count is delivered later this afternoon, it is very clear her victory will be beyond emphatic – by far the biggest margin of victory in a presidential election.
It is, frankly, a trouncing, a tsunami in favour of the low-key, left-wing Galway TD who will become Ireland’s 10th president.
Throughout her political life, Con
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