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Catherine Connolly to become 10th President of Ireland after resounding win

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Voters’ Voices: Monaghan

Connolly supporters ‘delighted’ as tallies suggest resounding victory

While tallies indicate Catherine Connolly is on course to become the next President of Ireland, one of the other big stories of this election is the number of spoiled votes. As votes were being sorted from boxes around the country, it was immediately apparent that many voters deliberately chose to use their ballot paper for a protest. “If the spoiled votes come in ahead of Heather Humphreys, it will be a political earthquake. It will be two fingers to the political establishment by a big chunk o