Labour leader Ivana Bacik says the campaign to spoil your ballot in the Presidential election is “profoundly anti-democratic”, while Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns said the number of spoiled ballots is “really worrying”.
Simon Harris on the Presidential election: “I think it is regrettable that there were only two candidates on the ballot.”
Presidential election.
“There was very clearly a campaign as well to encourage people not to use their vote correctly…”: Fine Gael Deputy Leader Helen McEntee reacts to the record number of spoilt ballots in the 2025 Presidential election.
“Congratulations.”
“It’s a wonderful democracy that we have.”
“Seismic”: Spoilt ballots in the Irish Presidential election appear to be unprecedentedly high, tallies indicate – even outpacing Heather Humphreys in some parts of the country.
Early tallies show some double digit percentage spoiled votes
Race for the Áras
Historic trend.
“The Line Has Been Crossed”
“The right to equal treatment, to bodily integrity and to privacy.”