Calhoun wrote: » Must be great to be loaded and bored enough you decide to piss off the leader of the country.
ChikiChiki wrote: » Why are Soc Dems getting so little traction. Running at 2%. I think if you want real change and the opportunity to make an impact they are the party to get involved in. Obviously Ellie Kisyombe and to an extent their support of Luas drivers has not put them in a positive light with the public. But still to only be on 2% with a host of young, fresh and ambitious candidates. They should be doing better. Anyway, day off work for me today so going to set up a spreadsheet and go through some manifestos for comparative analysis.
is_that_so wrote: » Because they are not a party as we understand such things, just a vehicle to return the two ladies. Even their possible third TD Gannon is likely to be passed by FF.
scrumqueen wrote: » IIRC wasn't he in a direct bun fight for Maureen O Sullivan's seat in 2016 losing to her by a couple of hundred votes? With her not contesting now, he is likely to hoover up a huge amount of her support, they're very closely aligned on issues in that area. The SD candidate in Galway West, Niall O' Tuathail only lost out by a bout 200 votes to Hildegard Naughton last time too. And, after Donnelly's woeful performance on Claire Byrne this week, I would say Whitmore will catch a bump from his previous voters too. Outside that, maybe their candidate in West Cork, Holly Cairns might get in? I think that will be it sadly.
Yurt! wrote: » If they hold their current two and add 3, that's a very good day at the polls for them. SocDems and Greens will be in a very strong position when it comes to forming a new government as a bloc. Gannon annoys my hoop though, went to bat for Kisyombe when she was lying through her teeth. Was a bit of a solo run on his part and caused some divisions in the party apparently.
Mad_maxx wrote: » Because they are overly concerned with issues like transgenderism
Mad_maxx wrote: » They receive an even more disproportionate amount of media time than PBP, Roisin shorthall is on either one or the other of the Friday morning weekly review panels, she's never off radio or TV yet her party is going nowhere
Water John wrote: » Maxx, that is good right wing attack on the Soc Dems. The two ladies are recognised across the House for their ability and I think MM will be quite happy to accommodate them if he is forming a rainbow Govn't.
Mad_maxx wrote: » Because they are nothing but a silly bunch of virtue signalling WOKE middle class flakes, overly concerned with issues like transgenderism They receive an even more disproportionate amount of media time than PBP, Roisin shorthall is on either one or the other of the Friday morning weekly review panels, she's never off radio or TV yet her party is going nowhere They share the same politics as RTE, the Irish Times and the bulk of the media, unfortunately for the Soc dems, the general public are not overly concerned with gender pronouns
ChikiChiki wrote: » There is another one that annoys the bejaysus out of me for being quite shouty on twitter. Owen Hanley in Galway. These woke candidates SD Galway members that actively look to create controversy and shout racism, misogyny, homophobia and whatever other nonsensical accusations at the drop at a hat do more damage than good imo.
marieholmfan wrote: » There's alot of very nice people in Fine Gael. I don't understand it. I can't really tell them what I think of the party because they're so sound.
2020Vision wrote: » Good riddance. " Follow @mcconnelldaniel Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 02:05 PM Independent Dublin Bay North TD Tommy Broughan has announced he will not be standing for re-election to the Dáil. His announcement marks the second high-profile retirement of a sitting TD from the intensely competitive constituency after the decision of Independent Minister Finian McGrath to stand down. The former Labour TD announced his retirement on Wednesday ahead of the noon deadline for the close of nominations. Mr Broughan said he has been thinking about whether to run again or not for some time but only made his final decision on Wednesday morning when he cancelled his 10.10am appointment to submit his nomination papers."
KrustyUCC wrote: » The real pity is that Amadan O'Riordain might benefit from Broughan withdrawing
rob316 wrote: » The ****ing pension age has to go up, its not an Irish thing this is happening all over Europe. When state pensions were first introduced people didn't live long after or even to that age at all, now you have most live into there 80's. The cost is unsustainable and we risk having no state pension in the future or a significantly reduced one. This shouldn't be an election gambit.
is_that_so wrote: » It's the planned change from 66 to 67 in 2021 that has brought it to the fore and we've had all sorts of wild promises around it.
is_that_so wrote: » It's the planned change from 66 to 67 in 2021 that has brought it to the fore and we've had all sorts of wild promises around it. Based on the 2016 census people are retiring at the rate of about 100K a year, although not all would be OAP only recipients.
