General Irish politics discussion thread

It seems to be reserved to the Belfast high court at the moment given the Rwanda ruling

SInn Féin have been most blind sided by the migration crisis as obviously they cannot take their usual populist way out of any topical issue as they can't say close the borders can they

So theres 10% of the voters looking elsewhere , that were in the Sinn Féin camp

I've never voted for Sinn Fein before but was going to this time around cause I don't agree with alot of decisions made by the current government.
I've seen very little opposition from them though so i'm no longer considering them. I think many are in the same boat.

Whatever about the length of time it took to do this, the government should be praised for having the bravery to do this.

That surely because there is so little substance there - who are the thinkers, the drivers of ideas in Sinn Fein. And clearly there was a lot of friction in the camp which needed to be addressed, which did not reflect well on the party as a whole; which took away from actual politics.

Doubt anyone seriously expects SF to change much if anything. Its all about how giving FF/FG another term of office would basically be rewarding people who have seriously taken the p!ss.

Has to be held by March 22nd 2025, right now I dont see any reason for it to happen before Christmas.

Good point didnt think of that tbh, would make the most sense probably

And Dart+ West. If that has gone to procurement, Greens like ROG would want that for their re-election.

There is a wide range of voting options, esp in the local elections here this time. More right wing and against the mainstream candidates of all descriptions. The results will be interesting and a good detailed analysis will offer a lot of insight. Much more so than polls.

The "dem up in dubberlin" crowd have never voted Green anyway

Our country, is in a much better place than the UK. There is no comparison. Crack the affordable housing conundrum and try and improve health access and it will not be a bad place to live.

Later this year we might be looking at contract signings for the M21 Adare Bypass and M28 to Ringaskiddy, with the last section of N5 currently being upgraded, so the government could have a decent regional spread of infrastructural projects. Also works happening at Galway Ceannt Station as well as commuter rail network upgrades in Cork. Lots of improved bus services all over the country too.

There are a lot of housing units under construction and the government will want to get as many sets of keys hanhanded over as possible. The National Children's Hospital has obviously been a source of negative headlines but if fit out works are happening, they'll at least have something to show.

Time is the government parties friend but I wouldn’t be convinced that the SF decline will be a trend for too long. If they hold off on the GE for too long, SF might regain some of the ground they seem to have lost. Hard to know what impact the Local/European Elections will have, if the government parties get a spanking some of the spankers may be happy to go back to them, but if all these small parties split the anti-government vote, SF may be able to put forward a better case for high transfers to go to them.