I think it will be FF/FG again with god knows who. Hopefully a left wing party
It will be November 15th
"All the signs relating to housing are positive and rising"
Good one
Again nothing but wishful thinking and no opinion polls go anywhere near bearing this out.
There is no possibility SF will be the largest party. They had their largest ever vote last time out and still weren't the largest party then.
They are literally losing votes left right and centre. They will get fewer votes than 2020, not more.
You don't like anything not entirely centre right we get it, but if you could apply a modicum of political objectivity it would be helpful.
Was Jacinta Arden taken seriously, had she leadership experience? What about Kaja Kallas or Sanna Marin for example or closer to home, Enda Kenny?
As for 'mouthing off' about Palestine - are you suggesting she should remain quiet about mass slaughter of innocents to cow tow to the US?
In fairness, they had highest first pref vote share, and the reason they weren't the largest party last time was because they didn't field enough candidates.
They only ran 42 candidates and 37 of them were elected.
They only had one less TD than FF, and had two more than FG.
The strength of their vote took them by surprise.
They're running something like 70 this time.
For sure polls suggest it is unlikely, but it is naive to suggest it is impossible they'd end up as largest party.
Just proves SF & FG as much as the try to deny it, are still the same party.
And for those who don't know FG was set up by the once chief of staff for the Irish Republican Army. I think FG seem to forget that while they stand on the pulpit and harp about not going into power with SF.
I am suggesting that MLMD should represent Irish interests abroad, not the interests of those she has aligned with such as Hamas, Russia, Syriza, Maduro and Cuba.
No experience? That's a laugh… She's been a politician for the last 20 years, a good deal longer than our current taoiseach. What was he 18 in 2004 when MLMD won her first European seat?
Targets have been hit and are further revised upwards.
When all is said and done, FFG will deliver more homes than SF would if they were in govt over the next 5 years.
Thats what it comes down to.
Will she be ingenue enough to be running favours for Trump and then bragging about it? Don't think so.
It will be great to see Robert Troy back. He'll fix the housing crisis.
Could you imagine her facing off against Trump on Paddy's week? The word "epic" comes to mind…
You can make this same argument about not being taken seriously for every politician until they end up in leadership role. Is she any more or less serious as Simon Harris? I wouldn't have thought so. Different policies, yes. But no less serious.
Simon Harris has only been a party leader for 8 months, and has been an elected representative for the same length of time as Mary Lou (in her current term, she also has an additional 5 years experience in the European parliament). So where's the major experience differentiator there?
Leaving aside whether she aligns with said countries for the moment. Harris should stop talking about Ukraine by that absurd rational.
Ah yes tell me again about how experienced Simon Harris is? Failed in his 2 Ministerial roles and now Leader who promised parents with kids with scoliosis he will meet them on the day he got the top job, and then ignored them ever since
Why would someone not take Mary Lou serious but take Simon Harris serious?
By way Mary Lou has met the president of America at the time many times. You saying they don't take her seruous just shows all your are is someone who hates SF and refuses to give them any credit for anything they so
FFG have hit their housing targets in recent years. No reason to think they wont continue to do that & as more construction resource moves from commercial to residential, the new targets moving past 50k to 60k by the end of the decade are in reach.
The workforce is growing and so is the output. Cranes everywhere in Dublin now.
He has been a Minister, a Taoiseach, he has represented Ireland abroad, we have seen that he is capable of that. None of that is there with MLMD.
We can look to her leadership of Sinn Fein, and the various scandals that have engulfed it, we can look at her authorising attendance at the Maduro inauguration, the SF support of Russia, the links with Hamas etc., and we can conclude that she doesn't have the necessary to represent Ireland abroad.
FF promised 50,000 affordable homes in 2020 over the lifetime of the government. They delivered less than 1000. This has been pointed out to you before.
No response on the actual post about Robert Troy running again for FF? Great spokesman for tenants etc.
Non of those women you list are anything like McDonald. Or Enda Kenny for that matter.
I don't think her meeting world leaders will be a problem though. Sinn Fein leaders have shown that they are well aware that diplomacy is a very different tone to campaigns and parliament.
4,000 homeless kids.
FG & FF are a disgrace.
I don't think "counting the cranes in Dublin" is a phrase Fianna Fail want doing the rounds.
Indeed, they are all significantly to the right of MLMD and more pro-US/NATO. However, the poster was using the issue of 'experience' to undermine her, and on the issue of 'experience', she is as experienced as they were at the time of their election to Prime Minister/Taoiseach.
FF arent in govt, FFG are. FFG ARE hitting their targets.
Troy isnt relevant becuase he isnt the housing minister.
More homes are needed, more homes are being delivered.
Its a fair metric to indicate construction output, regardless of who wants or doesnt want to see it.
The fact is, homes are being built and targets are being met and then expanded.
I think thats what matters.
So it's not really about 'experience', you've been exposed on that one, really it's that you want someone who will bend the knee to US imperialism and not take issue with their foreign policy, no matter their crimes.
I've no loyalty to any party, but the issue I have with SF is they don't want people bettering themselves.
They are all for higher taxes and free houses. God forbid people in disadvantage areas want to better themselves earn a good wage and buy a house of their own, or get some help to buy a house.
Agreed. And once you reach even an average salary, SF arent helping you, whereas FFG are.
free houses.
This is rubbish. Old rubbish too and if you pretend to yourself that it is true that is on you. They also want those who earn more to pay slightly higher taxes. They do not propose higher taxes for all.
Housing targets are being missed.
The CSO has reported 21,634 new homes being delivered this year to the end of September compared with 22,356 in the first nine months of last year.
The Government had set an initial target of 33,450 for this year and the Minister insisted “we will deliver in the high 30,000s or early 40,000s this year”.
Government to miss housing targets ‘by a country mile’, Sinn Féin claims in testy Dáil row – The Irish Times
Robert Troy is relevant. He was a minister of state. He abused his position.
Fianna Fáil Junior Minister Robert Troy used Dáil speaking time to call for more funding for a State rental scheme which he currently receives an income from.
Mr Troy also used parliamentary questions to seek specific information about the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) under which he has leased two properties to Westmeath County Council.
Landlord minister Robert Troy pushed Dáil to hike funds for state rents scheme | Irish Independent
And yet…Fianna Fail selected him again. That says it all about FF.
Doesnt impact how many homes FFG build and Troy doesnt need to be anywhere near housing in a new govt.
One politician does not a government party make.
