Which party will you give your #1 preference to in the upcoming European election

There is a load of choice in Dublin but there is a lot of off the wall stuff. The National Party leaflets tell me "Ireland is full". Others are warning me of the "emigration issue" to Ireland. There was another independent who in the photo he used in his leaflet looked as if he needed a good wash nevermind a shave. But yet he was telling me in his leaflet that he was going to "smash the ideology of neoliberalism"

I still don't know who I will give my first preference to. But I think currently Liz Boylan and Claire Daly seem to rattle cages and have drive in the EU chambers. Regina Doherty provides a good counterbalance keeping an eye on both and providing the Middle Ireland viewpoint. If those three got in it would not bother me let them at it. They at least seem to have an energy and interest in the EU whatever about their political viewpoints. A mixture representing Ireland is no harm IMO.

Good old Clare Daly will fight Vladimir Putins corner, those are the cages that need rattling but yeah some far right chancers are the problem.

Yes, the lineup is not great this year. A few of them I had to look up to see what they're about. There are some definite no no's and a couple of maybes

I found the whichcandidate website great. There were a couple of guys I was going to vote for but when I filled in the questionnaire and viewed some of their answers compared to the way I lean mean I won't vote for them.

She opposes sanctions against Russia because it will harm ordinary Russian people, while simultaneously calling for sanctions against Israel, which, apparently, wouldn't harm ordinary Israelis. She's using ordinary Russians as a smokescreen to disguise her support for the Kremlin.

The war is still ongoing but the sanctions make it harder for Russia to steamroll over Ukraine. Whether Russia wins or not is inconsequential, we should not fund Putin's war machine.

Has she called for a suspension of North Korean and Iranian weapons to Russia? Wallace and Daly say they want "peace", but this is just another smokescreen to disguise their support for Russia.

The calls for ceasefire are just ways to stop their allies from getting beaten back.

Same with calls to stop arm shipments, just away to help their friends survive the push back against them.

I'm going to start from 27 and work my way from there...

What did you make of her pro-Assad propaganda videos?

The Europhiles will be disappointed with the turnout of the national election to the European Parliament today but will be hoping for better in the regional state administration and governor elections before the end of the year.

10 to 15% by 1pm would be on par with last locals. Poor enough if it was at 4

I think there are those from disadvantaged areas (in particular) among others who never voted or unlikely to vote in any election at the best of times. They are even less likely to vote in European elections. But then are the first to moan about how they feel disconnected.

Do you think Brexit has made it easier for Britain to close their borders?

shortly after when I posted probably a 1pm article from rte

still not a massive turn out in the most recent articles:

https://www.rte.ie/news/elections-2024/2024/0607/1453524-election-tracker/