{"id":3311,"date":"2025-10-25T21:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=3311"},"modified":"2025-10-25T21:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:34:13","slug":"ireland-elections-katherine-connolly-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/ireland-elections-katherine-connolly-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Connolly wins the presidential election in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Catherine Connolly became the new President of Ireland and condemned the invasion of Russia<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"1036\">The Irish presidential election was won by <strong data-start=\"891\" data-end=\"925\">left-wing politician Catherine Connolly<\/strong>, who received <strong data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"966\">61.1% votes<\/strong>. Its main rival is <strong data-start=\"991\" data-end=\"1008\">Heather Humphries<\/strong> - scored only <strong data-start=\"1024\" data-end=\"1033\">21,1%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1149\">The elections were held in a calm atmosphere, and voter participation was one of the highest in the last decade.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1151\" data-end=\"1154\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1187\">Who is Catherine Connolly<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1189\" data-end=\"1392\">Catherine Connolly is a former <strong data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1285\">Deputy Speaker of the Lower House of the Irish Parliament (D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann)<\/strong>, is known for its active stance on social justice, human rights and gender equality.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1394\" data-end=\"1567\">During the campaign, she called for <strong data-start=\"1443\" data-end=\"1504\">Strengthening social policy and support for educational programmes<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1564\">Strengthening Ireland's independence in the international arena<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1572\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1574\" data-end=\"1603\">Position on Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1715\">After the election results were announced, Connolly said that <strong data-start=\"1662\" data-end=\"1712\">Strongly condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1719\" data-end=\"1877\">\u00abUkraine is fighting not only for its freedom, but also for the future of Europe. Ireland must remain on the side of justice,\u00bb the newly elected president said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1879\" data-end=\"2057\">She also noted that <strong data-start=\"1905\" data-end=\"1976\">Ukrainian refugees have become an important part of Irish society<\/strong> and \u201cintegrated well through shared values of solidarity and compassion\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u041a\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0456\u043d \u041a\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043b\u0456 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u044e \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442\u043a\u043e\u044e \u0406\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0456\u0457 \u0442\u0430\u00a0 \u0437\u0430\u0441\u0443\u0434\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0433\u043d\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0440\u0444 \u041d\u0430 \u0432\u0438\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0445 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430 \u0406\u0440\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0456\u0457 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043c\u043e\u0433\u0443 \u0437\u0434\u043e\u0431\u0443\u043b\u0430 \u043b\u0456\u0432\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0456\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0438\u043d\u044f \u041a\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0456\u043d \u041a\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043b\u0456, \u044f\u043a\u0430 \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0430\u043b\u0430 61,1% \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0432 \u0432\u0438\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0446\u0456\u0432. \u0407\u0457 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0443\u043f\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0438\u0446\u044f \u2014 \u0425\u0435\u0437\u0435\u0440 \u0425\u0430\u043c\u0444\u0440\u0456\u0441 \u2014 \u043d\u0430\u0431\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u043b\u0438\u0448\u0435 21,1%. \u0412\u0438\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0438 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0431\u0443\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044f \u0443 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u043a\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0456\u0439 \u0430\u0442\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0444\u0435\u0440\u0456, \u0430 \u0443\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0433\u0440\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0434\u044f\u043d \u0432\u0438\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044f \u043e\u0434\u043d\u0456\u0454\u044e \u0437 \u043d\u0430\u0439\u0432\u0438\u0449\u0438\u0445 \u0437\u0430 \u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0454 \u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0456\u0442\u0442\u044f. \u0425\u0442\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u041a\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0456\u043d \u041a\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043b\u0456 \u041a\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0456\u043d [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":3312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u041a\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0456\u043d \u041a\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043b\u0456","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":{"0":"post-3311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-805624"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3313,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3311\/revisions\/3313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}