Irish General Election - Friday, November 29th *Read OP for Mod Warnings*

They'll never bloody learn.

Well-known ex-TD in bust-up with a government party is the angle there.

The more I see and hear from Harris the more I dislike him. Everything about him just seems fake or manufactured. I can't think of one redeemable feature of the man. Like I said last night he is the type of person who would rat out a person or a class just to get a pat on the head from a teacher or someone in authority. Even Varadkar was ok at the start, he spoke out and gave the impression that things could get done under him but Harris doesn't even have that.

Who is director of elections for FG?

Does anyone know where to find the locations of all the polling stations?

Has she made the right call? I'd say she has a better chance gEtting in as an indo than as JG's understudy…

O'Connell got airtime because RTE are pro-FG and wouldn't have on an independent who left them in fury………oh.

You may have Stockholm syndrome.

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over....

That's covered in the 2nd last paragraph blanch - We get another election and the Govt realises that the smelly peasants aren't taking it anymore - Nothing like a good kicking to bring one to ones senses eh

It doesn't have to be independents in fairness - Independent Ireland or Aontu would be fine as well

They [Govt big 2] have to be told 'The party's over lads, the worm is turning'

Jaysus. I am voting for Catherine Connolly not Hermann Goring.

A good response but kinda of misses the point that the alternative that people decide to opt for needs to be better than the incumbents.

Insanity would be opting for a worse alternative because you are fed up with the incumbents and somehow expect that the worse alternative will make things better (which is basically what increasing numbers of people did at the end in Weimar Germany).

Haven't posted here in ages, but passing by and seriously can't resist this.

The new Fine Gael/Fianna Fail line (and lets face it you are of that leaning) is the following lads…

Vote Fine Gael / Fianna Fail because they are better than nothing.

How motivating.

Of course another "supporter" has to drag up the image of voting independent in Ireland 2024 is akin to voting German National Socialist party of 1933.

Fooks sake lads you are desperate.

Only catching up with last night's debate and Harris again coming across like a spoiled entitled child - constant heckling of Mary Lou again and the staring at her was just weird and creepy! You don't like her, it was very obvious last week. We get it. In any other situation though he'd be getting a very different response to behaviour like this.

Mary Lou dodging does her no favours and shows how superficial SF ideas really are but fair play to her agreeing to do this debate, especially (deliberately?) stuck in the middle between the other two who are desperately trying to pretend to be different.

Michael Martin trying to play the experienced mature statesman again but we saw last time that his only actual goal was to be Taoiseach (and not be the only FF leader who wasn't). When he actually got the post though, he was less than impressive which is an achievement in itself given the half time substitute was a guy more concerned with giving movie quotes and ticking off his bucket list, and he handed the actual running of the country over to a bunch of HSE staffers.

It's not a great choice really is it? Polls tonight put them all neck and neck, but the 2 lads have it sown up between them as they figured out with Confidence and Supply and outright coalition.

Good to have you back Jmayo, what are your thoughts on the polls? You're the expert.

It seems the latest brainstorming ideas from FFG boyos is to criticise Independents. I see right through it.

Martin wouldn't answer the same question this evening on VM1. He talked about some other stuff for a minute...