Yes.Is this the MMA guy?
They will have to kill him now.
YesIs this the MMA guy?
Very possibly but the world is watching.They will have to kill him now.
The President of Ireland is like the President of Israel, an official Head of State with few powers and not supposed to hold open political opinions. He or She does have a few essential constitutional duties, such as signing bills and occasionally sending some directly to the High Court (Supreme Court) if they feel they present an urgent constitutional question (so things are not in limbo for years).
But most of the job consists of going to VIP Funerals at Home and Abroad, cutting ribbons to open supermarkets, breaking bottles of champagne on ships, etc.
It isn't a powerless position, but it isn't like being President in the US system—more like being a King or Queen of England when it became a constitutional monarchy.
When speaking of Christianity, many have always considered Ireland to serve the same purpose as the appendix in the human body. Maybe we're about to find out that analogy holds true to the political resurgence of the oppressed in modern Europe.
Correct, a dangerous analogy for the establishment to ponder.An appendix, if left to swell and fester, can be fatal after it bursts.
He could be removed from office if he engaged in politics overtly (if he was President). Or, as someone once said to a President of Isreal who stated a political opinion, it was time for him to resign and run for PM. It isn't that they have no power at all or have back-door conversations, but to do anything overt, which I can't see him not doing, would likely result in his removal from office.I disagree that he won't have any power, he's got a gigantic platform and he won't be constrained to merely VIP duties, he'll raise hell.
He'll be sorta like Trump from 2020 to 2024 where an endorsement can be a career maker, or he could end political careers as well. He could be the gate keeper, or at least a pinch point.
In what government position could he be more influential/effective in Ireland?The President of Ireland is like the President of Israel, an official Head of State with few powers and not supposed to hold open political opinions. He or She does have a few essential constitutional duties, such as signing bills and occasionally sending some directly to the High Court (Supreme Court) if they feel they present an urgent constitutional question (so things are not in limbo for years).
But most of the job consists of going to VIP Funerals at Home and Abroad, cutting ribbons to open supermarkets, breaking bottles of champagne on ships, etc.
It isn't a powerless position, but it isn't like being President in the US system—more like being a King or Queen of England when it became a constitutional monarchy.