Ok who are you voting for?

meglome

Well here we are again so whom is everyone voting for and why? (I have a short attention span so try and keep it brief enough so I can read it )

And is it just me but watching the politicians on RTE last night trying to score points off each other and rarely if ever actually answering the question was starting to really make me angry.

Luckily I am in Tony Gregory's constituency in Dublin so it makes the decision easy for me as he's one of the few decent politicians we have.

Terminator

Well, Bertie's a Dub so I gotta go with FF.

Plus the FG leader looks evil so I couldn't possibly vote 4 him. And all the others couldn't run a bath nevermind a country

Saruman

FF have not done too bad a job so far so why change

m1ke

i'm in dublin central aswell and am going to vote labour/green/fg in some order even though absolutely none of them inspire me at all - i'm doing it mainly to get rid of the current government who are tits. I won't go into detail about Tony Gregory from what i've heard about him he's a total tosser and doesn't deserve a vote.

Victor

Originally posted by Terminator
Well, Bertie's a Dub so I gotta go with FF.

Eh, among party leaders, so are Mary Harney (PD), Ruairí Quinn (Labour), John Gormley (Green) and Joe Higgins (Socialist), perhaps 1 or 2 others. As are the 40 other TDs from Dublin.

Originally posted by Terminator
Plus the FG leader looks evil so I couldn't possibly vote 4 him.

'Looks evil' - I'm sure thats a very reasoned statement.

Originally posted by Terminator
And all the others couldn't run a bath nevermind a country

I understand Mary O'Rourke has previously been successful at running baths.

I have a choice of voting in Wicklow or Wexford this year...
I'm going for Wickla and voting No. 1 for Nicky Kelly,no 2 will go to Mildred cause like Nicky she gets things done locally, no 3 will go to Billy timmins cause he called to see us, well b4 the election, and the next two go to FF cause with the PD's they've done a good job-except with the health service.
then I shall continue preferences down the paper till they've all got something.
mm

Victor

Originally posted by madman
I have a choice of voting in Wicklow or Wexford this year...

Can you explain this?

Yoda

Originally posted by Saruman
FF have not done too bad a job so far so why change

Fianna Fáil shut down three hospitals within five minutes' walk from my house. They reigned during a time when housing costs were skyrocketing and have done nothing to alleviate the problem. Public transport is likewise in a shambles. Fianna Fáil refused to support amendments to the telecoms bill which would have mandated affordable internet access for this country. And Bertie wants to spend a bomb on a stadium.

You've got to be kidding.

Winning Hand

As a cork south centralian it is my duty to put Micheal Martin as No.1, I believe he is one of the straightest arrows in the dail and in time he will be a future leader of this country.

No.2 Goes to the FG candidate Simon Coveney, he is a guy who is very involved in local affairs and has done alot recently in setting up crime seminars etc.

No.3 is a toss up between Sinnot (independant for disabled children) or Deirdre Clune.

After that its whatever I feel like, just Sinn fein and the socialist party will not get a sausage off me

paddymee

Fianna Fáil shut down three hospitals within five minutes' walk from my house.

Why? Where they crap? Little benefits for the cost? If yes, I'd vote for him.

They reigned during a time when housing costs were skyrocketing and have done nothing to alleviate the problem.

Thank god he didn't. The equity on my house has made my retirement easier. When they put the squeeze on investers we had to move our money to England. Not too good for Ireland, right?

Public transport is likewise in a shambles.

So what's new? Doubt FF made it any worse. Could be though, since I don't use it.

Paddy

Stephen

I'm considering voting for Eddie Collins-Hughes (independent) here in the Carlow/Kilkenny constituency as he's an independent and seems to have local issues as a priority. Though, the current local TD, John McGuinness (who lives just down the road) seems to have done a good job for his constituency over the past couple of years. I am not sure which one to give my number 1 to.

billy the squid

Limerick East

1. Tom Ryan (independent) he is a big mouth and thats the kind of person we need for Limerick City in the dail

Bertie not giving Willie O Dea a ministerial posisition was a disgrace and I think going Independent is the only way we in Limerick wil be heard.

Of course willie did go against the party whip over the closing of Baringtons hospital in the eighties.

Tom Ryan is also a member of the national health Alliance cosisting of 9 independent candidates.

2. Michael Kelly (independent)

Not a big fan of Mike "the hard man" kelly but hes the only candidate to support RLO in his propeganda

3. Michael Noonan (Fine Gael)

Would be nice for a limerick Taoseach. Dont think the dublin media like him too much though (me thinks of the headline in the independent "Bertie versus Baldy")

4. Willie O'Dea

well sombody has to vote for him

Yoda

Originally posted by paddymee


1. Why? Where they crap? Little benefits for the cost? If yes, I'd vote for him.

2. Thank god he didn't. The equity on my house has made my retirement easier. When they put the squeeze on investers we had to move our money to England. Not too good for Ireland, right?

3. So what's new? Doubt FF made it any worse. Could be though, since I don't use it.

Paddy

1. The Meath, the Dublin Children's Hospital, and the Adelaide. Now we have the capital of a European country with no hospital in its centre. Good idea? I don't think so.

2. How lucky for you. You own a house. Lots of people can't.

3. Plans for the Luas were available in like 1992. They are only now starting to dig up the streets for it. Traffic in Dublin has trebled in the same period.

4. You didn't mention the travesty of the telecoms bill. See IrelandOFFLine for more details.

5. You didn't mention the hubris of a party that wants to spend millions on a stadium when schools all round the country are falling to bits. When we have a thousand homeless children on the streets of Dublin. When we have 100,000 people on the waiting lists for housing.

Sorry, I don't think Fianna Fáil has the interests of the majority of people of Ireland at all. They remind me more than anything else of the US Republican party.

In my view a change of government would allow some fresh ideas and some social justice into Ireland.

Originally posted by Victor
Can you explain this?

I'm on the register at two addresses, one in each county.
I got polling cards at both for the referendum.
At present I am actually living in co.wicklow and thats where I Vote.
mm

Our man in Havana

Originally posted by madman


I'm on the register at two addresses, one in each county.
I got polling cards at both for the referendum.
At present I am actually living in co.wicklow and thats where I Vote.
mm

surely it is illeagal to be registered at 2 addresses? George Dubya would love you madman!

Victor

Originally posted by Yoda
When we have 100,000 people on the waiting lists for housing.

140,000 plus those who are ineligible to join the list, but cannot afford there own residence.

Aspro

Eh, among party leaders, so are Mary Harney (PD), Ruairí Quinn (Labour), John Gormley (Green) and Joe Higgins (Socialist),

Just a point of information. Joe Higgins is from near Dingle in the Kerry Gaeltacht.

http://www.rte.ie/news/dailguide/tds/higginsjoe.html

Not that where you're from should decide whether your constituents vote for you or not:

http://www.examiner.ie/nuapublish/np/NP/WPBTool/WPBWebPageH/sport/Full_Story?did=sgRBMEKKh9IeI

sceptre

Originally posted by Bond-James Bond
surely it is illeagal to be registered at 2 addresses? George Dubya would love you madman!

Nope.

There was even a Supreme Court ruling in 1994 (can't remember the name of the case) that settled the issue for students - the ruling was that it was perfectly OK for students to be registered in both the constiuency of their home address and that of their college address.

(not that it bothered me - I had a vote in Cork East and Limerick East from 1993)

It's not illegal to have two votes or receive two voting cards as long as you only exercise one of them.

I would fully expect the ruling to be the same with regard to people working away from home or having any other reasonable reason to have a vote in two constituencies. If you look at it purely from a layperson's point of view, it even makes perfect sense - anything else would result in thousands being disenfranchised by the State. Of course if people don't bother to ensure they have a vote at both addresses, they've disenfranchised themselves.

I'm unsure of what the ruling might be for someone having two votes in the same constituency. It might well depend on a case by case basis, depending on how convenient it would be for the person to travel to vote. in other words, I suspect a person having two votes in Dun Laoghaire might be strongly disallowed, whilst a person with votes in both Galway City and Clifden would probably be allowed.

It's actually too simple to arrange - just a case of putting yourself on a voting register for a particular place without putting down an old address. WhenI arranged my two votes the case hadn't yet been heard by the Supreme Court. If I was in the same situation today, I'd just leave the old address space blank, rather than trying to explain Supreme Court rulings to the local registrar.

ando

theres 3 things that mainly effect my life at the moment... internet, cars, accomadation...

Internet: most expensive country in europe to access the internet & also the slowest form of internet access available. not even a flat rate 56k option is available ???

Cars: most expensive cars in europe.. because of VRT.. a government scam.... most expensive insurance in europe (i'm male, 21)

Accomadation: I'm a first time buyer.. should I say any more?

Mainly because of these, I was seriously considering emegrating, and still am somewhat considering it, as my area of work pays better in the US and UK.


FF no-no

FG, I'l give them my vote

AfroMan

Vote is a personal matter. However, everyone should first understand the polilcy of all irish parties, that's the reason of the campaign. And then, make a choice according to the desire of having better life in Ireland.

So, which party has the best policy for the interest of the Irish People? that's the main question everyone should ask before voting.

To get the answer to this question, just follow the election's campaign according to your wish for the futur of the Country.

Vote the best political party for the best life.

jd

Wexford-though I live in Dublin-
I would probably normally vote for Brendan Howlin number 1 , but am going to vote maybe something like this

1) Dr Liam Twomey (independent)-just to annoy established partys
2) Cuthbert (Greens) ditto
3) Brendan Howlin (labour) he will have been elected at this point so the next vote will go to
4) Avril Doyle (FG)
basically as I don't think FF should get 3 elected out of 5 in Wexford-though her majesty really pissed me off with her blatant opportunism re the Clerical Sexual Abuse issues..
5) Keogh (FG)
6) D'arcy (FG) though he's a gob****e
7) Dempsey (FF)

the other 2 ff candidates (complete plonkers)
jd

ReefBreak

Originally posted by fcddunne
Limerick East

1. Tom Ryan (independent) he is a big mouth and thats the kind of person we need for Limerick City in the dail

Bertie not giving Willie O Dea a ministerial posisition was a disgrace and I think going Independent is the only way we in Limerick wil be heard.

Of course willie did go against the party whip over the closing of Baringtons hospital in the eighties.

Tom Ryan is also a member of the national health Alliance cosisting of 9 independent candidates.

A big mouth - that's all Tom Ryan is. He spouts rubbish every evening about things that are wrong, but with no ideas as to how anything will be fixed. If he were to get in, it'd be laughable.

2. Michael Kelly (independent)

Not a big fan of Mike "the hard man" kelly but hes the only candidate to support RLO in his propeganda

F*cking hell, do you realise what you're voting for here. Michael Kelly is easily one of the biggest scumbags in Limerick - protection rackets, murder, theft, drugs... Why don't you go the whole way and vote for John Gilligan? As for that RLO reason - what a pathetic excuse to vote for a monster like Kelly.

3. Michael Noonan (Fine Gael)

Would be nice for a limerick Taoseach. Dont think the dublin media like him too much though (me thinks of the headline in the independent "Bertie versus Baldy")

4. Willie O'Dea

well sombody has to vote for him

Unlike Tom Ryan or Michael Kelly, O'Dea and Noonon both work their b*llix off for Limerick.

As for what will really happen: O'Dea will take his seat after the 1st count at a canter. Noonan will get in easy. Ryan and and that criminal Kelly will be nowhere.