Ireland looks set to elect a hard-left independent as president on Friday, dealing a blow to the two parties that have dominated Irish politics for a century after their own campaigns for the figurehead role backfired.
Catherine Connolly, a 68-year-old independent legislator and vocal defender of Irish neutrality, has a commanding lead in the race.
The former barrister and clinical psychologist has blasted the EU’s military build-up in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine, saying the bloc “has lost its moral compass” and that German rearmament spending was reminiscent of the 1930s.
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