Election 2024

Interesting that TDs who have objected to countless planning permissions say housing is their key focus..

To be honest I don't have a clue what the "ability" of any councillor is.

Teres a free public debate scheduled

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ge24-limerick-city-debate-limerick-chamber-tus-limerick-post-tickets-1083073605309?aff=oddtdtcreator

Any good at filling potholes.

That's not really interesting. It's basically what everybody is saying except he is overestimating how bad the greens are gonna do. Leddin has just as much a chance as the rest at the 4th seat.

All his picks across the country are just stating the obvious and then taking stabs at the final seats.

Gerben Uunk looks like a cert

I was referring to the RTE debate being a snoozefest

Ryan was very well prepped TBF and FF are going all in all building her profile. Issues that jump out tho, are her defending the abject failure around housing and doing so with extremely selected statistics. Similarly with her defence of FF performance in health.

Paul Gavan also stood as perhaps the best prepped & prepared of the candidates but in fairness? Debating FFG at this point is an open goal.

Conor Sheehan was also very well prepped and IMO delivered a better performance than during the DEM debate.

Ruari Fahy also put in a good performance and really comes across as both across the issues he cares about and well able to engage. It is a pity that he is PBP, I cannot abide RBB so shall be voting Fahy lower than he deserves.

The rest of the candidates were really much of the same with O'Donnell's defence of FG & his own performance being quite staid to be honest.

The less said about Michelle Hayes the better, just very poor and went all in on tying herself to Aoife Johnston and did so in poor taste.

The FFG position seems very much stay the course and hope for incremental change. Whereas that really does just become a formula for rewarding failure.

Is it time for a new leftist coalition? Certainly if they can command the votes but, can they put aside their own golden calves to put country above all?

The debate did shift my own voting order and it is worth a watch IMO.

Sheehan will get my No1 too but my follow preferences will be rejigged a little on foot of the debate.

On Cookiemunster's point of the result and a likely FFG coalition being returned? I agree it's the most likely outcome but I certainly wouldn't discount the possibility of SF & FF at least exploring coalition.