Leftwinger Catherine Connolly on track for landslide Ireland presidential victory

Independent candidate reportedly has 64% of vote after two-thirds of ballot count, in public rebuke to governmentThe leftwing independent candidate Catherine Connolly is on track to win by a landslide in Ireland’s presidential election, according to early vote tallies.Reports from tallymen – unofficial but usually reliable observers at count centres – gave Connolly 64% of the vote after two thirds of ballots were counted on Saturday. Continue reading...