Local elections

hardybuck wrote: »

Young people (electorate under 40) have left Waterford in their droves in the last ten years. A lot of them still have their voting address at home but may or may not return to vote.

It's clear that the Greens did well wherever there was a large young middle class cohort. Mom and Dad might be FF or FG, but the kids went Green. While 9 out of 10 voters didn't go for them nationally, in places like Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council a Green candidate romped home way above the quota in pretty much every ward. They're probably just a little disappointed that they didn't have more candidates in those areas because they would have got a lot more in if they did. Waterford didn't have that same impact as it has less young middle class voters across the county.

Interesting to see Labour increase their seats significantly across the county.

I'm 24 and voted FF. Why you might ask? Because I think Eddie Mulligan is best politician out of the ones elected in Waterford East.

He has a constant social media feed so you always know what he's up to.

I would have voted Green if i had known more about Jody Power. His profile was very low and didn't involve himself in any radio debates or knock on my door.

If you vote for someone you want them to be visible in your community hence why I chose Eddie over the rest.

Re:East
Mulligan increased his vote despite jumping from Independent to FF.
Fitzgerald got in on first count last time, splitting the Sinn Fein vote was almost costly.
Carey the only outgoing councillor to lose her seat (to greens).
Hard to know how big Shanahans vote effected things.

Emanine wrote: »

Carey interviewed on WLR this morning and seems quite bitter about FG choosing to run 2 candidates in the same electoral area. Also it seems she polled very poorly where she herself lives.

Looking at their posters you'd have thought they were from different parties! There was no standard template like you'd see from FF/SF etc

debok wrote: »

People probably know her best in area where she lives. Probably best she didn't get in so

Good, I'm disappointed FG didn't get more of a kicking.

Teebor15 wrote: »

Listening to the interview the whole idea of her running seemed to be about honouring her father and keeping the Carey family name going rather than herself being passionate about politics and making a difference. She admitted herself that she needed to quickly read up and inform herself of the local issues. All sounded very knee jerk and a campaign run on emotion.

In fairness to her, she was one of the few that called to my door instead of just dropping a leaflet in the letterbox. Unfortunately she didn’t inspire me with confidence about issues outside of Passage so I couldn’t vote for her based on that. Her father was an excellent local rep.

this is his 3rd **** up in no space of time.
1. his mortuary comment
2. him been a health equality campaigner when he voted against health equality of woman
3. this.
this chap wont last long in politics!

I was surprised he did so well in the locals, I haven't seen any of these comments or ever being on that website or even know he was prone to verbal cock ups.its hardly slanderous stuff but like previous person said I firmly expect him to add nothing to Cath lab delivery in his new role, he'd probably be more effective out of council TBH

For any geeks keeping an eye on the European election counts, there is a really tight finish - only 1/5 seats have been filled.

After the 14th count, Grace O'Sullivan was in 5th position, the one that goes into cold storage for when Brexit does/doesn't happen, about 2,500 votes behind O'Riada in fourth and 4k behind Billy Kelleher in third place.

Andrew Doyle's votes from the 15th count have brought Deirdre Clune back from the dead - she picked up over 20k transfers and is a whisker off the 3-5th placed candidates. However Grace O'Sullivan picked up over 8k transfers and has leaped into third place overall.

Malcolm Byrne (FF) has been eliminated and his votes will most likely shake it up again and secure Kelleher a seat. But as the Greens are traditionally more transfer friendly, all O'Sullivan needs to do is get more transfers than O'Riada to secure a seat in Europe.

Could be a long night for the counters again.

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I think most people thought the water tax was a half arsed scheme by an inefficient quango, people can be pro-environment but against second rate policies esp when she'd be off to Europe

I disagree. People took a view that water was something that fell from the sky and they shouldn't be asked to pay for it directly, and would rather pay for it indirectly through general taxation.

The conservation angle was lost as metering and charges would have reduced consumption. Expect the Greens to want this back on the agenda should they return to office.

vriesmays wrote: »

They're against nuclear power and want your fireplaces bricked up by 2030. You won't be driving cars, and will pay extra to fly. Your local fishermen will be off work for several months of the year. Your local butchers will get closed.

Even better news for Waterford, the Greens want more unions.

How do you engage with this level of stupid.