\u201cI don\u2019t have a political machine or party behind me, but what I have is something different,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
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Nick Delehanty says he is confident ‘there is a pathway’ for him to get on the ballot paper for the presidential election. Photograph: Dara Mac D\u00f3naill <\/p>\n
\u201cI have grassroots support the length and breadth of the country, and I\u2019ve earned that support because of my analysis of government budgets, policy documents and I\u2019ve just kept people informed as best I can.\u201d <\/p>\n
Mr Delehanty said he had been in contact with local authorities over the country and was confident \u201cthere is a pathway\u201d for him to get on the ballot paper. <\/p>\n
He said he had a proposer and a seconder at between six and 10 councils, which would give him the opportunity to make his case before them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are at the mercy of the councils, obviously, but also the bigger parties,\u201d he said. \u201cI will say this: if we get on the ballot, I won\u2019t come last.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Delehanty posts social media videos that criticise or interrogate state spending on international protection accommodation. <\/p>\n
He said the system was \u201cmaking millionaires\u201d out of people who should not be getting government contracts in the first place. <\/p>\n
Mr Delehanty has previously praised policies against multiculturalism in Denmark<\/a>, where there is a ban on public face-coverings and is mandatory education on Christian and Danish values for immigrant families. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s good to have an Irish culture and celebrate Irish culture and be proud to be Irish,\u201d he said. \u201cI call myself a Danish social democrat, and what they\u2019ve done is taken a strict line on that. I think it\u2019s definitely a good thing to at least talk about and maybe follow.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Delehanty recently appeared in an online discussion hosted by Gavin Lowbridge, an anti-immigration campaigner who has explicitly said the current debate \u201cis about race\u201d. <\/p>\n He defended his decision, saying: \u201cIf you go on to The Pat Kenny Show, it doesn\u2019t mean that you agree with everything Pat Kenny does.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Delehanty also said: \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s about race. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s about race.\u201d <\/p>\n He has claimed \u201cofficial Ireland\u201d was refusing to publish crime statistics by ethnicity, nationality and immigration status and he has criticised \u201cwoke\u201d politics. <\/p>\n Mr Delehanty is critical of NGOs, most specifically the Irish Penal Reform Trust, of which President Michael D Higgins<\/a> is an honorary patron. <\/p>\n He said he had raised around \u20ac28,000 for his campaign through online crowdfunding over the last month, with average donations of \u20ac45 to \u20ac50. <\/p>\n