Matt calls it as he's sees it

I believe only for Matt half the electorate wouldn’t have a clue what’s going on in regard to delivery and mostly non delivery of projects, services from this government.

Harris hates hearing the truth and tries to deflect as much as possible..

And the rest of Ireland's media is controlled by the government and never tells the whole truth just pushes their agenda... Gript gives us an alternative narrative to that of the politboro

…this is completely untrue, and utter nonsense, ireland actually has a very good standard of journalism compared to other western countries, when you look at media outlets such as the irish times etc, the irish government has virtually nothing to do with such sources, jesus how do people believe in such nonsense!

Matt Shan is the only one worth voting for from last election to get re-elected

This is true but without someone constantly asking the majority of people would be none the wiser on the lack of delivery.

Otherwise we would be drifting along thinking the government are doing great things for Waterford, as current party reps would be lording the amazing work.

Looking at Waterford representatives in parties, how better have they been than Shanahan?

You could argue any vote in Waterford is a waste unless they become a full minister.

While these are reasonable questions to ask, even if they do make you sound like an FG voter, the fact is that we have had very little delivery in WIT or UHW from FG with two TDs since 2011. We had one FG TD up to 2020 with very scant delivery. If we elect one FG TD now, why would anyone believe it will be different? There must be other issues at play, not least FG strength in Carlow/Kilkenny/Wexford, which seems determined to sidleine Waterford city.

Non delivery has to be called out in the Dail by someone in these circumstances or otherwise we will just drift along without delivery and without knowing? Electing party TDs who by definition are whipped and remain silent, in the hope that they may wheedle something from the party leadership or may end up as a minister, is a recipe to return to the Kenneally/Deasy nothingness. Its very difficult to know.

Is it a valid reason to have someone shouting and holding government accountable, I would say so.

If Shanahan, moved to a party he would be destroyed, as people would say he used the independent and then entered a party.

I 100% get your point about independents not being able to deliver something unless they hold a balance or have the ear of a minister, but not having someone question the inequality and the masses of Waterford are non the wiser.

Purely take SETU as an example, the other three cheerleadibg the process along and if you only listened to them you would honestly believe Waterford was going to get a University on part with UCC, UL etc. The majority of people I spoke to were of the opinion "it's great we are getting a University"

While some people in Waterford didn't believe this to be case (me included) the majority of people were unaware and due to Shanahan constantly calling it out more people became aware of what was actually happening.

So I would say yes it is worth someone keeping government accountable, and that is not me supporting Shanahan, but I would expect that from any independent.

Honest question have Marc, Mary, David or John been worth the money as you say?

15 years ago three big issues were on everyone's mind, health, University and Airport? 15 years and none of those have been delivered (please don't say SETU is delivering a University), when we speak University we speak of NUI.

Recent referendum is an exact case in point as to how bad they are..all sprouting lies and misinformation

You misunderstand, government ministers actively lied about the consequences of a yes vote in that referendum and the main news outlets were complicit in this.

Nope, because most people now see through the lies of controlled media

You might say so but many would question the news source and disregard the story outright as a result (even though it essentially just repeats the exchange between Harris and Shanahan).