Election to be called Fri - predict outcome

Agree with every word there. I also live in the constituency and people outside Kerry seem to under estimate the efficiency of the Healy Rae machine.

I didn't give my high preferences to either of them but they did feature on my ballot. I would often disagree with them but I do respect them. A viewpoint shared by many in Kerry going by how well they polled.

It adds a human touch.

Terry Prone was on RTE today and she mentioned how he's the only politician who will add a bit of humour into a interview, and others could learn from that and not be so uptight.

Did youse miss the tweeter ageeing with the reply?

The election was this week, not in 2022 or 23. A lot happened and they ran a super campaign to get back to where they are. Context is everything

Hyperbole much? In 2002 Fine Gael lost over 20 seats while in opposition and Fianna Fail came within a whisker of an overall majority.

So there is a quota of how many women should be voted in.....

Pick the people for the job not the gender they are. Ffs

There's a quota for the number to run for parties to claim the full expenses. 40% minimum of male or female candidates I think is the figure.

What are you talking about though?

Hutch comes across as less arrogant and pretentious than most of the standard politicians, I dont agree with his lifestyle but if he gets in and gets elected fairly then good luck to him

The election was in November and they were as low as 16%

No doubt they are down from the last GE but context again, they hit 16% in opinion polls and ran a great campaign to recover. Not a single pundit/analyst saying anything different.

It's confirmed now there are 3 parties here leading the way, it's not two any longer. Dynamic continues to change.

I only got involved in the thread this week as the election grew close and as the counts started but I've seen enough of the nonsense you posted for a good while. You've clearly been rejected, the people aren't buying what your selling, the sooner you realise it the better for everyone involved in the party to be quite honest. Nobody but SF has messed it up for themselves here. This was literally the best run they've had at an election ever and it's been royaly messed up

You have spent the last six months telling everyone on here that the only poll that matters is the election and that it can only be compared to the previous election.

Now, when SF have taken a hammering, you are changing your tune. You are referencing opinion polls you derided, you are referencing a recovery from local and European elections.

Pundits on RTE spent the last twenty minutes talking about Sinn Fein's bad day out, no other way to spin that.

Very few situations yet where the Green Party were the only government party left for FF and FG to transfer to. We will see tomorrow, but I am confident he will make it.

That's your opinion.
I am not going to argue like some would do that a decline in vote share is not a decline.
They lost ground no doubt but it has been a very good campaign and they will be back as strong as ever in any new Dáil.

I am hoping that the next few election campaigns go as well for Sinn Fein as this one, would put them somewhere around PBP levels in terms of relevance. If you think this was a good campaign for Sinn Fein, I have some Moon territory to lease to you.

Sinn Fein are likely to end up in opposition again, not sure if their "stars" have the stomach for that.