The decline of SF?

75,000 first preference votes on what was a bad day for SF will keep the heads up.

Ferris has a lifetime of service to the party behind him, hardly a 'draftee', even if you don't like him.

I agree that polls are only fleeting and government parties are wary of that.

The government are the biggest leasers of private sector homes in the country built by the private sector. Any idiot can tell you that having a new housing development funded by a pension fund etc where 50 percent of it is being payed for with inflated rent prices by the local county council is having a massive effect on rent inflation. The market is being driven by the government and investment funds at present if you believe otherwise you are extremely naive or just a Fg/ff lackie. It's another Ponzi scheme. We will see who is right .....

The problems in Dublin have been compounded by the complete failure of Dublin City Council during the period from 2014 to 2019 when they failed to develop any social housing despite copious amounts of finance being available from the government. Dublin has been playing catch-up ever since.

There's little to no real support for anti immigration parties in Ireland. SF chasing that percentage of vote seems like a very poor tactic.

I see MLMCD has done some contrition, not listening to the grassroots and not fully engaged enough, she's told:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/sinn-fein-chiefs-disappointed-with-my-grassroots-engagement-admits-mcdonald/ar-BB1pWVC5

When you have a penchant for misquoting people you can make me say anything.

You are leaving out a crucial word 'far'.

I said I wouldn't vote for any party that is far right.

Jumped where exactly?

You decided they'd be a mudguard, which isn't a fact no matter how much you revere your own opinion.

The results from the locals and Europeans do give an indication of where the votes went. They seemed to go independent Ireland, Renua and then the lunatic far right parties. The first right lunatics hate all foreigners. If they chase after that vote, they'll actually be giving up on their true core left wing support and they will also isolate themselves form every other left wing party in Ireland. SF have always traditionally been pro asylum seekers and immigration. As I said, any lurch to the right and they really need to think what the consequences of that will be.

So you would be happy to vote for a party to the right of FG and FF on immigration, but that they wouldn't be far right?

Are you having a laugh?

Sinn Fein are going to pivot to the right, to an immigration policy that Farage would love. You will swallow it and continue to walk the party line, despite everything you have said on the subject.

The number of people who consider it a core issue when selecting who to vote for is tiny.

A left wing socialist party is never going to take an anti immigration stance.

It seems everyone has known this from day 1, apart from SF voters.

It will not solidify the vote amongst the 7 out of 10 householders who own their own home anyhow will it

Its probably only there to shore up budgetry figures for spending plans they have somewhere anyhow which wouldn't be needed in a coalition, never mind death duties increases finding their way into a programme for govrrnment anyway,basically political waffle best describes that ?