Irish Referendum and General Election

Billy Reid

Hi guys

When do yous think the next referendum and genearl election will be in ireland

Stars and Stripes

Billy Reid wrote: »

Hi guys

When do yous think the next referendum and genearl election will be in ireland

I didn't think this govt would last a year, the first minority govt in the history of the state been propped up by FF of course who are just waiting for the opportune time/opinion poll to pull it down. Looks like it will survive into next year. Dunno know about a referendum, the 8th Amendment is much talked about these days because of the recommendation of the Citizens Assembly but FG/FF/LP are forever putting off a referendum about it since 1992 and the X case. There is of course the Assembly elections in the north, I have seen a Sinn Fein video introducing all the candidates and I have to say they have a very impressive collection of young candidates who seem to have injected a fresh air of enthusiasm into their ageing party leadership. Doubt if SF and SDLP will get the nationalist vote out as well as the Assembly elections but I suppose that depends on if the DUP, UUP and TUV poke the nationalist crocodile again.

Jim2007

Stars and Stripes wrote: »

I didn't think this govt would last a year, the first minority govt in the history of the state.

Nope, the Tallaght Strategy beginning in 1987 comes to mind at the very least

Peregrinus

Stars and Stripes wrote: »

I didn't think this govt would last a year, the first minority govt in the history of the state been propped up by FF . . .

Jim2007 wrote: »

Nope, the Tallaght Strategy beginning in 1987 comes to mind at the very least

I don't know where Stars and Stripes is coming from. We've had lots of minority governments. 1987 was the most recent (before the present one) but the first was in 1922 (Pro-treaty Sinn Fein had 58 seats out of 128), and in fact every government was a minority goverment until 1935, when Fianna Fail won a bye-election in Galway and converted its minority government into a majority government.

Even after that, there were more minority governments - in 1943, in 1951 and so on, right up to Garrett FitzGerald's 1981 government.

freshpopcorn

I thought the next referendum going to be about allowing citizens abroad to have voting rights in presidential elections.

theValheru853

Personally I think that the current government should already be gone, but as long as it's supported by FF it will be here to stay.