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Independent leftwing politician set to take office as Ireland’s 10th president after landslide election win

In another big ceremony today, Catherine Connolly is set to be inaugurated as Ireland’s 10th president in Dublin.

As our Ireland correspondent Rory Carroll explains:

When the independent leftwing politician is inaugurated as Ireland’s president on Tuesday, she will carry hopes of a transformational Gaelic revival.

The former barrister from Galway made Gaelic a central part of her election campaign and has indicated she wishes to make it the working language of the presidency. “I will do my best to bring Irish in from the margins and use it,” Connolly told the Irish language station Raidió na Gaeltachta.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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