I think it will be FF/FG again with god knows who. Hopefully a left wing party
It will be November 15th
Francie will have 2 differing opinions in the same post. A very confused man he is.
I dont like defending McEntee, but she is dead right. JoC was the man who turned down a junior minister's job after not getting one of the 'big' jobs. He was happy enough to be on the backbenches and be a stalking horse for the leadership of FF.
It hasnt really worked out for him, so now he is taking credit for the work McEntee is doing. I dont mind JoC but he really needs to check himself here.
established now
By who exactly? Paddy Cosgrave?
Get off social media. Most people don't engage in it. The campaign is going fine so far. No major issues for any party at this stage. Its all a bit dull tbh, and it will be over in 2 weeks…
Yawn… Most people I think don't really care and are happy enough with the status quo without being over the moon. There is **** all credible opposition.
I don't really get blaming a minister for the failings of their portfolio. They are just a figure head in most of those jobs. The likes of health, housing or justice are the failings of the entire government as the minister is not making any rogue decisions.
Gannon will likely win but he's not a cert by any stretch. Hutch won't be at the races - media driven nonsense. Steenson, horrible person he is might get a run on the migration issue but I don't see if winning . Daly to pip Hourigan for the last (not certain though), pity for Hourigan if she loses, rather her than Donohoe.
That's the problem with politicians though, they aren't problem solvers, especially if it comes to an actual big problem like health. I'll add that politicians are always re-active.
I have one major issue with this though, fair enough if you aren't capable of fixing the problem(s) or have ideas on how to fix them, but for the love of god, have a team of capable people around you who can help with the subject matter instead of jobs for mates and someone handy on social media
Wallace will take one of wexfords 4 seats,probably Verona Murphy’s
Will he though? Can't imagine the locals would have as much love for him as days gone by when he created Wexford Youths.
Verona for a lot of her faults, speaks some sense(sometimes), well more sense than that fella anyway
Ah here while he's in with a shout, she's a shoo in.
You would assume the veneer is gone from Wallace but the Irish do like to suck the whole off the local rich man so who knows.
I'm not sure the locals have that much time for him.
Indeed, I mean he won two elections since that article. Hopefully he makes if nothing else it'll annoy the NATO bros!
They re-elected him in 2016, albeit his vote did decline significantly; the football club gives him a bit of a halo effect also.
Alas, maybe they are forgiving enough. In fairness, if i was put to a wall with a gun on my head and i had to pick between him and daly, it would be a no brainer
I suppose it depends on how much the voters pay much heed to those "Moscow Mick" headlines you'll stumble across
A literal no brainer in the sense you would let them shoot you in the head I assume 🤣
Very little I'd suggest, if they've any intelligence about themselves. Wonder will we have Israeli stooges headlines after the performance of the FG MEPs this week, doubt it! 😊
I'd say FG cannot wait for the 29th. They seem to be struggling badly in every debate I listen to. Drivetime in Athy today. FG lad had no answer for the fact there is no rental accommodation available in the town. They are coached to say the same lines on each topic no matter what the question is. Martin Hayden is the TD. Spoofing. He keeps saying "Look..." and then a load of blabbering.
A good politician can easily pivot away from such questions, or any question they don't have the answer the interviewer asks
Hard to defend the indefensible. Unfortunately that clown will be easly re-elected..
He is very poor.
I predict this election will have to be cancelled due to heavy snowfall on the day.
It's a painful performance.
I'm pretty certain there is no method to do that.
I wouldn't be so sure. He didn't do so well in the European election. It's not so long ago that people would have forgotten why they turned him out.
There might need to be, I've a 30km drive to my polling station.
I can see your point but I dont believe any party is secretly out to get us and make our lives hell.
SF have opposed loads of housing developments. Soc Dems are delaying BusConnects roll out this week, which means no 24 hour bus until next year on the E spine for thousands of customers.
The planning bill will help us all and it was delivered by the current govt.
It's the current govt that are putting money in young peoples pockets so they can have a deposit worth thousands.
SF would get rid of all that funding.
No party is perfect is my point, but they can all do good things
Helen McEntee looked extremely silly to basically accuse Jim O'Callaghan of sexism today. A clear example of the infiltration of American politics into our own.
Still no FG manifesto available so we don't know what they stand for. Their press office told me it was going to be published in coming days.
We know FF will give every illegal immigrant a work visa based on their Manifesto. With FG all we know is that Harris thinks it is hard to define what is illegal about an illegal immigrant.
Taken a look at the Electoral Acts and can't obviously see a way out once the writ is moved; but the act is so heavily amended over the years I really can't be sure.
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