Election to be called Fri - predict outcome

I’m no expert but McEntee is an amateur when compared to JO’C.

I sincerely hope You are wrong here. The thought of Wallace & Daly mouthing off in DÉ doesn’t bear thinking of.

I really really hope Your prediction is wrong. He certainly won’t be getting my vote.

Immigration. The planning process etc, serious taxation of vacant and derelict property in cities and towns , amongst a whole host of other things , non of which they have any intention of tackling...

It's definitely a problem. In Limerick city we have sites vacant for years on some of the busiest streets and every property around them that goes derelict gets turned fast.

We also have an independent running in Limerick who set up a fake environmental group that is actually just a way for her personal and numerous objections to sound like they are coming from experts. She is currently blocking student accommodation on a site that has been rotting for 20 years.

@ldbatterim

As much as the planning process is a huge problem, it shouldn't be an issue for the government parties as they've just pushed through a huge planning bill.

It will take a few years for that to shake out and figure out whether it works or not.

It would be pretty dumb to push through new planning reforms before you knew whether the huge sweeping reforms you had just pushed through worked or not.

The FG slide continues.

SF will be in coalition with FF yet.

I hear you… But Irish government and huge reform do not go hand in hand…

They are currently telling everyone, we will fix this, that, throwing money around like confetti… The budget was only announced and now they have loads of extra ideas on how they want to recklessly hike spending to secure power. Once they have that, we will be back to only endless talk and no action…. Insufferable, can we vote to be taken over by the german government? while maintaining sovereignty?

Going in with independents is a crap shoot when it comes to knowing if they'll stay cohesive (they're independents for a reason).

Also you can make an argument that a party with a vote of 4-5% say has a better claim to being in Government versus a bunch of random independents who ran on various platforms in a subset of constituencies.

what did you expect him to say though?
Realisticly like

He is on record as saying he’s not a fan of SF,so knows the only game in town for him is FF plus FG?

So far it’s been (as usual) with the exception of Willy o’Dea FG who can’t keep the civil war DNA at bay

FF have been quite good at not flaming,which is a strategy FG could well take up,as they seem to have forgotten at times that it’s a joint product they’re trying to sell?

are the ten listed anywhere?

Presumably had to be ff, fg, sf, greens, labour, sic dems, pbp (if they have such a bourgeois role), aontu, independent Ireland…

Is there another party with a presence in the dail?