Who was the best Irish President?
14 October 2025 - 13 mins
Podcast Series
Moncrieff
You may have been listening to the Pat Kenny show this morning as Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys continued to make their respective cases to be Ireland’s next President.
On Friday the 24th of October, we will go to the polls to elect our 10th Head of State, but how will they compare to their predecessors? Who was our best and who was our worst?
Kevin Rafter is Full Professor of Political Communication at DCU and Co-Editor of ‘The Irish Presidency: Power, Ceremony and Politics’. He’s been ranking our former presidents from 1 to 9, and joins Seán to discuss.
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