{"id":105224,"date":"2025-10-26T15:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T15:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/105224\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T15:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T15:59:10","slug":"taoiseach-suggests-referendum-on-changing-restrictive-process-for-getting-on-presidential-ballot-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/105224\/","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing &#039;restrictive&#039; process for getting on presidential ballot &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1gFBVV95cUxNNmpFRF96UHNiRGVPdUE4VGxyanNCVGxRRUFONjExSnZHc3Nsc3RFNk8yV3FHNmozS0pxUGxhU015R3F3TjRsdmw3bkx0dk1RVDcxNzdodl8tQ0NpTFg2RnhvTDAwMUdFUUlhZDl2b0gwbU0xWEVfVzZpV051V2dQXzNwLTA1MTZLLWhjOVZITFR3bC0wZE05T2ZveGRPNGsxeXVrbjZfckRUNEFJWjI5MmR0cjFOa1o2NHRNRC1XOWFoRVlZTHpiT2JyV2hyR2VCY3JxdVlB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing &#8216;restrictive&#8217; process for getting on presidential ballot<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTE5DS1R5eGFPdEMxRGYtUXNXLTJxSmFZOWlpYmNsa3FWN0ZyNl8teURpU1JSVGpkOVd0SnF5UWp4QlFXRC11NmRxMHdIc2IyZ0hQUXNFa09hSFVTUFI5M0ZsMjAxbw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MEP Sean Kelly criticises Fine Gael&#8217;s selection process for presidential candidate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgJBVV95cUxObmhyV0VPMnc3SHhLZDk1dTg3ZEo4NlFYQ3pNSkVJemt6dHZQUTNkUEFNVWMxZlRVeWVqbjcxaTZacHFVd0Z2VzdEcXVTT2N2UlV2dV9aS3B3UXEyTF9wSGk3UDdaakwtODJGdnJ1QTBfU2RCOE05REFidE1maTRQQklQbGMzTU9MOFlxNGkzSTJ2YXJhRXRId0pjZ1EzNTVzMl81cGhfNU45WFBqX0s4SUV1VnlDSE9QM0ZlT0U5Uy1QRXc5S0p3cW15SlZzU1lRaTVzQzV5c1dUV1ljU1Y5Vjc5SU9iaVBpelRxXzc5Z01nMnhVMTJUUktTckVKOThYZWVjZlR3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fianna F\u00e1il Junior Minister Niall Collins says Budget \u2018ended\u2019 Heather Humphreys\u2019 presidential campaign<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQLTlsWmYtS3k5U0R2TmV4NjZva0FaLXJCZ1FBWElQNll0UGJjYTBaenNoY0M1UjM4VFdIU2FzWmpzWFoyc044MUs2TzhVTXh0a0xucEVUcE5PdHNqZ2daemVSQXNRZUZyZUpQcmVGaXlGN3k4MUpkWXAzZU41STFSb09tWFA5N2d2LWFiZEJEenVpRUVtbXVFRDRyalRLMkVtdVlkdUw4SEUyZmlWNE96WC1LSGU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Murphy: Voter apathy merits reflection on the terms of the presidential nomination process<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Tipp FM<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNQmFUMVpoNkVNcFJHUy1EQk50a3hldENaWWlreXhLS0t0Z0FhVVJJem55OVU1NExQQkg3ekZsc3J6RFhDTU9kR1BZaTJVNDRzMy1RYm52N0pKRVFtbEtLTk5ISi1fbUZRS1BpdzIwYXhqdmtaa0RUMklRaUxZVXgzdmF6RUY1Y0EtZFhKaXh3TTE5dEV1dkZUZzRmUGZwdGRoYURNanFsYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lack of presidential candidates \u2018not on us\u2019 &#8211; Fine Gael&#8217;s Martin Heydon<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newstalk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing &#8216;restrictive&#8217; process for getting on presidential ballot&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalMEP Sean Kelly criticises Fine Gael&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1550,895,61,60,1843,43,978,64814,64815],"class_list":["post-105224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-aras25","tag-fianna-fail","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-micheal-martin","tag-news","tag-presidential-election","tag-referendum","tag-spoiled-votes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}