Connolly’s stunning victory humbles old parties and energises the left, yet it’s no revolution: the presidency remains symbolic Connolly’s stunning victory humbles old parties and energises the left, yet it’s no revolution: the presidency remains symbolic Catherine Connolly’s landslide victory in Ireland’s presidential election is a stunning political feat that humiliates the establishment but does not signify a national swerve to the left. There was nothing inevitable about her triumph, let