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Where does Gerry Adams actually live?

  • 25-02-2011 6:54pm
    #1
    murphaph
    Registered Users Posts: 19,018 ✭✭✭✭


    I see he voted in Dundalk this morning, so I presume he is on the electoral register there. He's an Irish citizen so he's entitled to vote if present on the day of the election and on the register BUT does he actually live in the RoI?

    I thought he had a holiday home in Donegal? if he was registered anywhere, surely it would be there?


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  • #2
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    Maybe he's already embracing the FF/Ivor Callely school of twisting ?


  • #3
    Im Only 71Kg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 400 ✭✭Im Only 71Kg


    Adamstown


  • #4
    takun
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭takun


    I believe he established a residence in Dundalk (Blackrock?) a few months ago, and presumably is on the register since then.


  • #5
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    Presumably in a sett.... Old badger face....










    (Sorry, did try to resist posting that!)


  • #6
    UpTheSlashers
    Registered Users Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭UpTheSlashers


    he would have had to have a residence in Louth to register as a candidate there.


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  • #7
    Micilin Muc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Micilin Muc


    Norfolk Drive in West Belfast afaik.


  • #8
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Ravensdale. It's on the Cooley Peninsula

    Rural area but a short drive to Dundalk


  • #9
    Banjaxed82
    Registered Users Posts: 1,943 ✭✭✭Banjaxed82


    I thinks he's got places all over this Island. Wasn't there a time when, up to quite recently, were he wouldn't stay in the same house 2 nights in a row...?


  • #10
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    murphaph wrote: »
    I see he voted in Dundalk this morning, so I presume he is on the electoral register there. He's an Irish citizen so he's entitled to vote if present on the day of the election and on the register BUT does he actually live in the RoI?

    I thought he had a holiday home in Donegal? if he was registered anywhere, surely it would be there?

    He seems to be simultaneously under a number of peoples beds....


  • #11
    johno2
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭johno2


    feelingstressed wrote: »
    Ravensdale. It's on the Cooley Peninsula

    Rural area but a short drive to Dundalk
    I could be wrong because I don't know Louth very well, but isn't that where the foot and mouth outbreak started?

    johno


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  • #12
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Yep, the first time a lot of people, including myself heard of the Cooley Peninsula was during the foot and mouth


  • #13
    Cavehill Red
    Registered Users Posts: 6,109 ✭✭✭Cavehill Red


    Never heard of Cooley whiskey?

    Or the Tain???

    Wow.


  • #14
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Cooley Peninsula is also the place where Jean McConville ended up I think. They certainly looked for her body there.


  • #15
    johno2
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭johno2


    Cavehill Red wrote: »
    Never heard of Cooley whiskey?

    Or the Tain???

    Wow.

    Nope, I'm from Limerick.

    johno


  • #16
    charlemont
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,725 ✭✭✭charlemont


    :cool:


  • #17
    Cavehill Red
    Registered Users Posts: 6,109 ✭✭✭Cavehill Red


    johno2 wrote: »
    Nope, I'm from Limerick.

    johno

    And I'm from Belfast.

    Cooley whiskey's sold all over the world and the Cattle Raid of Cooley is the most famous work of literature in Irish, ever.


  • #18
    beco
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭beco


    murphaph wrote: »
    I see he voted in Dundalk this morning, so I presume he is on the electoral register there. He's an Irish citizen so he's entitled to vote if present on the day of the election and on the register BUT does he actually live in the RoI?

    I thought he had a holiday home in Donegal? if he was registered anywhere, surely it would be there?

    Louth for voting purposes, donegal when claiming milage expenses


  • #19
    HavingCrack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,847 ✭✭✭HavingCrack


    beco wrote: »
    Louth for voting purposes, donegal when claiming milage expenses


    Sure it's only traditional ;)


  • #20
    Cakes.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,152 ✭✭✭Cakes.


    When were on the subject of Louth.. :P

    Where are the votes counted in Louth ?


  • #21
    paky
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭paky


    murphaph wrote: »
    I see he voted in Dundalk this morning, so I presume he is on the electoral register there. He's an Irish citizen so he's entitled to vote if present on the day of the election and on the register BUT does he actually live in the RoI?

    I thought he had a holiday home in Donegal? if he was registered anywhere, surely it would be there?

    he doesnt live anywhere. hes a traveller


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  • #22
    beco
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭beco


    Cakesofrice wrote: »
    When were on the subject of Louth.. :P

    Where are the votes counted in Louth ?

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  • #23
    goz83
    Registered Users Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭goz83


    Address:

    Gerry Adams
    89 Ford Fiesta
    Dundalk Shooting Range
    Dundalk, Co Louth


  • #24
    wolfpawnat
    Registered Users Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭wolfpawnat


    He had to move to Louth to be eligible to run from there. So somewhere there. Sure many people have more than one house, so I assume he still has his Belfast home too!


  • #25
    Dandelion6
    Registered Users Posts: 1,405 ✭✭✭Dandelion6


    UpTheSlashers wrote: »
    he would have had to have a residence in Louth to register as a candidate there.

    Is this really true? There are a number of candidates in Dublin who live outside their constituency and as far as I know do not have a "residence" in it.

    I assumed he took on a residence in Louth so he could (a) vote there and (b) try to keep the "tourist" jibes to a minimum.


  • #26
    Cavehill Red
    Registered Users Posts: 6,109 ✭✭✭Cavehill Red


    wolfpawnat wrote: »
    He had to move to Louth to be eligible to run from there. So somewhere there. Sure many people have more than one house, so I assume he still has his Belfast home too!

    How did he manage all those homes on the average industrial wage, I wonder?


  • #27
    murphaph
    Registered Users Posts: 19,018 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    Cavehill Red wrote: »
    How did he manage all those homes on the average industrial wage, I wonder?
    The Northern Bank gave him a big "mortgage" :D


  • #28
    Finscout
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Finscout


    Apparently he moved to Ravensdale a few months ago. The County Register refused to put him on the register the first time of asking, as she said he wasn't resident in the County. She went out to the house a few times and no one was there! But then he was put on when he convinced her it was his normal place of residence. Was in the local papers at the time.


  • #29
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Dandelion6 wrote: »
    There are a number of candidates in Dublin who live outside their constituency and as far as I know do not have a "residence" in it.

    Mary Lou McDonald did that last election running in Dublin Central and it was a big topic and possibly one reason she was rejected

    People don't kindly to parachute candidates


  • #30
    GFJD
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭GFJD


    Never you mind where he lives , but you can be sure he knows where you live....





















    ;)


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  • #31
    ted1
    Registered Users Posts: 23,240 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    you do not have to be a resident. Just an irish citizen. You just say five hundred euro or collect thirty signatures of people living in the area or lastly obtain a political party nomination.


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