Election to be called Fri - predict outcome

Its quite limited by international standards, the mental health exceptions are not automatic; and not one party in Government here is far left unless you are incredibly, exceptionally far right. Which I suspect you are.

Christ almighty….

Apologies was quoting an inaccurate tweet here. These are the actual figures:

Fine Gael is on 24 per cent (unchanged from September), with independents and others on 22 per cent (+2); Fianna Fail is on 19 per cent (-1), Sinn Fein 16 per cent (-2), Social Democrats 5 per cent (unchanged), Labour 5 per cent (+1), the Green Party 4 per cent (unchanged), People Before Profit-Solidarity 3 per cent (unchanged) and Aontu 2 per cent (unchanged).

So actually very little change from the last one, SF only down 2

FFG likely to fall just short of a majority of seats on a combined 43%

FF and FG will transfer heavily to each other so that will mean a lot of seats will be got that way.

Dont estimate that seat bonus.

Local election and European elections didn't show that as far as I am aware. They transfered to each other in similar numbers.

I am not sure about local elections because both FF and FG lost seats compared to 2019 but in the European Elections, FG polled better than FF yet still lost a seat where FF gained two seats with less of a first preference vote so appear to have gained via transfers from others including high FG preferences.

Can you point to any specific examples of how abortion is celebrated and encouraged please, just so we're clear on what you're talking about.

If only there was some way that people could hold more than one issue in their heads at one time.

Not sure I see the contradiction of pointing out that there is a housing crisis in Ireland while also voicing concern for the plight of Palestinians.

Certainly odd in it's manner. Losing your deputy leader and senior Minister in the week you might call a GE seems very disorganised.

Your "articles and a report" are going to be basless lies, though. You have been radicalised on this and will believe any old crap that supports your viewpoint.

I'll ignore your general swipes at the availability of abortion and focus on the questions of 'encouraging and celebrating'.

Tell me more about the concert please. Who organised it, who played, what was the theme - anything that actually substantiate your claim. Just to remind you, you said abortion was celebrated and encouraged, not that availability of abortion was celebrated and encouraged, which is a different scenario.

It IS healthcare, and IS a service and IS a right. That's not celebrating or encouraging. That's a statement of simple facts that you don't like. They're still statements of fact.

The idea that GPs are persuading pregnant women to abort to get a slightly larger fee is truly bizarre, especially when you've given a restricted version of the actual fees available.

Its a sad reflection on the oppisition parties in this country that after 15 yrs in goverment that FG are still leading in the polls. i cannot think of another democracy where this would happen.

Why wouldn't they be? They've been very successful over those 13 (not 15) years. You'd think that we were living in Venezuela the way some posters go on.