Sinn Fein and how do they form a government dilemma

Ive been saying it for ages.

Anger got them to ride an anti-establishment, anti-political populist wave from 2020-2023. It worked for them then.

But now, this close to an election, people want to see solutions, hope, competency, and credibility and most of all some humanity.
They are getting none of that, and the polls are reflective of it.

Maybe they cannot deliver that, but if they can't they will get a bit of a shock come election day. We will be hearing about 'powerswaps' and similar lame excuses for another 5 years, instead of doing some inward reflection.

Perhaps, and the electorate will decide.

But again to go back to the point, SF are saying that the government are 'out of ideas', when this is not the case, given that a corner has been turned when it comes to housing. Maybe SF should acknowledge that?

The party that is out of ideas is Sinn Fein.

When the corner has been turned and the public can see that the FF, FG and Greens government has begun to get things moving on housing, the question for Sinn Fein becomes, how can you guarantee that you will do things better and quicker? This is where Sinn Fein are failing.

When it was a case of the government is doing nothing and we should get our chance, the absence of read ideas wasn't a problem. However, when the corner is turned, even if only slowly, the question for the opposition is much more difficult. So far, it looks like Sinn Fein have no answers.

No, not anti-establishment. No is everything crap in Ireland, which you are fond of projecting onto posters who have a criticism to make of how the government is performing.
Anti the current government it most certainly is though.

They have had enough time to 'turn corners' do wheelies or whatever.

The point again is that this will be one of the fault lines on which the GE will be fought.

Record numbers of first-time buyers, Sinn Fein support dropping, FG on the way back up, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to see that a corner is being turned.

'Concede'?

I was not claiming that there has been no progress, in fact I asked specifically, is it enough of a 'turn'.

Elections always have an incredible degree of recency bias in terms of how people vote - They tend not to remember that it was sh!t 2 years ago , they tend to vote based on the here and now.

Polls tend to have 'recency bias' too and there is nothing in the data that suggests what is claimed here. That the government have 'turned a corner' on housing in the eyes of the public. When you see significant support for them then you can claim that.
Do you dispute that housing will be a major factor in a GE? Which is the simple point I made.

SF are the opposition, they have to hold the government to account and question the spin.Again I ask, is the 'turn' going to be enough.
As FG or FF have gotten no significant bounce, as yet I don't think it is enough.

That indeed may change and as I said earlier SF are shifting the focus back on housing and health.

Remains to be seen.

You will have to ask a SF member what the future strategy is, I can only judge it as it is rolled out.

IMO. Labour did the right thing in going into gov with FG at the second last election when nothing else was on . It it probably knew it was suicide and it turned out to be that when it lost a lot of its seats in the next GE. If it did not go into gov then the only option was another GE and that would have more than likely thrown. Up the same combination of TDs ‘ . So Labour honoured its commitment to the prog worked out and stuck with the full term And this was at a time when the country was below rock bottom financially.
did SF make any genuine approaches to Labour during the makeup of the Gov the last time. IMO Labour’s principals would have allowed it to honour any agreement reached with Labour

Soundbites are great when things are bad. Empty rhetoric sounds good when shouting at the government. However, when things are doing ok, not great, but ok and getting better, you need to be able to present coherent policies and ideas that clearly demonstrate that your party can make things much better much more quickly. That is the challenge now for Sinn Fein, a challenge that they seem unable to even attempt to meet.

There is no Sinn Fein policy on immigration, there is no Sinn Fein policy on housing, there is no Sinn Fein policy on health. There is Sinn Fein sloganising on all three, but concrete ideas? Not a single one.

And has the Housing Minister been challenged on how it is all going?
I think he has. Facts too.

Hospitals(two critical in walking distance) in area, colleges in area, all with people looking for accomodation

Luas, train, bus in area

Shops, restaurants and a huge park not too far away

A nice little stadium in area

The area has every amenity that would you want for for large scale apartments yet Sinn Fein block them.

Enriching development companies equates to what exactly Francie?

Thats a very divisive view to propegate if you ask me

Businesses need good margins

Builders arent exactly making a fortune and their model usually means margins on developmens go into starting finance for the next along with borrowings ie its rolling funding

There was a good study on the whole area released last year 👇

https://scsi.ie/the-scsi-publishes-the-real-cost-of-new-housing-delivery-2023/