When a presidential election takes place, it’s reasonable to predict a couple of related stories will populate the very top of the annual most-read lists. In 2025, the election appears more generally, but not as high as you might think. The Irish presidential election perhaps never really caught fire in the way previous iterations have – that’s written all over the reader figures. The election is missing from the very top of the charts, with just one piece in the top 25 most-read: “Who will be Ireland’s ‘first gentleman’? The man behind Catherine Connolly” - finished in 22nd place. To be fair, the vote had a much better showing within the top 50 or so, with our live coverage of Catherine...
