General Irish politics discussion thread

A centralised Europe-wide system is needed. Fingerprint everybody applying, if that person has already applied elsewhere then it would be flagged immediately. There would probably be few first time applications in Ireland as most will have applied elsewhere before getting here. Ireland would likely have to commit to taking our fair share of approved applicants from elsewhere but at least they could be planned for in advance and wouldn't have to be housed prior to having their application determined.

Pretty sure such a system already exists. Trouble it doesn't catch people who don't apply until they reach Ireland.

With all the posters going up, I was wondering how parties decide on transfer pacts between candidates. I'm in Cork and at the European level it's obvious, we get posters for Paul Gavan but not Kathleen Funchion, we get posters for Billy Kelleher but not Cynthia ni Mhurchu, we get posters for that generic blueshirt who's name I can't remember and not Sean Kelly. All are obviously geographic in nature.

But it's the local posters that have me wondering. FF and FG seem to have the approach vote me 1 and then continue your preferences for my colleagues in alphabetical order. But sinn fein have gone with a very specific numbered order.

I was in the Cork City North West Ward and they have the following on their posters (3 candidates):

• Mick Nugent's posters say vote Michelle Gould 2 and Kenneth Collins 3.
• Michelle Gould's say vote Mick Nugent 2 and Kenneth Collins 3.
• Kenneth Collins' say vote Mick Nugent 2 and Michelle Gould 3.

So it seems that on that basis Kenneth Collins is getting somewhat shafted? Seems rather unfair, especially when you consider that both he and Mick Nugent are sitting councillors, but it was only Collins who won a seat in last election (Nugent was Co-opted to replace Thomas Gould who got elected to the dail. The same Thomas Gould who is married to Michelle Gould).

The more you know. Cheers!

The only reason I thought he's being shafted is that he got elected in his own right and it's the person who replaced the sitting td in the area who seems to be first preference and the wife of the sitting td seems to be second.

But sinn fein are strong in the northside of cork, could very well get all 3 elected anyway...

Anyone know where I can get the full list of candidates for the June 7th elections for Lucan?

That's 2019.

Nominations have not closed yet.

Yeah, its the 18th.

Some people are leaving it later based on those SDCC lists - was only two candidates in one ward when I looked at the file dated last night earlier!

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Obviously SF don't have an open borders policy. No country should. The problem is that the amount of misinformation being spread by the far right (remember SF are left leaning) is hitting SF in the polls

As soon as the live debates start that will all be turned on its head