JS Dylan Haskins running for General Election in Dublin South East

This constituency which contains TCD. Students who are Irish citizens living on campus should register to vote there if they wish to vote for him.

I'm not sure if there's ever been an undergraduate student in the Dáil.

I have magnitudes more respect for someone who runs for actual election than those who run for SU elections (sorry Ryan!).

Not sure how good his chances are though...

He will do well to get 300 votes.
Mannix Flynn as an independent and local York Street native will sweep transfer votes in the constituency.

It is a constituency where a "big name" is usually dethroned.

All going as predicted it will be:

Ruairi Quinn (LAB) - safe, probable poll topper
Lucinda Creighton (FG) -safe
Chris Andrews (FF) - With FF only running 1 candidate, the 2007 poll topper should sneak in
Dogfight between Kevin Humphreys (LAB) / Eoghan Murphy (FG) and Mannix Flynn (IND) for 4th and final seat.

He seems like a nice guy and is very driven but realistically he wont make a dent in the ballot boxes.

I don't think he has a chance to be honest. In my opinion the four seats are going to Ruairi Quinn, Lucinda Creighton, Eoghan Murphy and Chris Andrews. I would be very surprised if it didn't turn out like that.

I'm off to the rally now, I'll let ye know how it goes!

Fair play to him, but is it a fair to ask what he intends to do about finishing college?
Surely it won't be easy to juggle 3rd and 4th year AND a seat in the Dail?

I'm pretty much asking this out of curiosity, not in a horrifically judgemental way. If the University Times article is anything to go by, he sounds like one of those wonder people who's already achieved more than most of us ever will.

martingore wrote: »

I saw his poster this morning..convinced it was a child tbh

ah here which jedward twin is he?

Sid_Justice wrote: »

I love his pre-war hairdo. Why is he 23 and only in 3rd year?

Not everyone does the "typical" route of school-college-work with nothing in between. I presume he got some real life experience before going to college.

Fair play and all that, but he won't get in.

TunaSaladBB wrote:

Not everyone does the "typical" route of school-college-work with nothing in between. I presume he got some real life experience before going to college.

Wow, that doesn't sound pretentious or condescending at all. I suppose real life experience doesn't include the stuff that happens in uni and people live in a four year bubble.:rolleyes:

why would you vote for him what policies has he got at all bar to do a heap of stuff for dublin - he's not going to do anything for anyone outside dublin going by his policies..

if you look through his policies on his website he's basically the same as jackie healy-rae except instead of him being a gombeen culchie he's going to be made out to be a great local kid trying to work for the community :rolleyes:

he's not going to help the country - he's not suitable for the dail - he'd be a great county council representive - not a TD - that's the biggest problem in this country - local issues being used as a bargaining tool to pass national legistlation - some independent wants a new road built and in return he'll give his vote to the government..

that's just not on today - Haskins is only out for Dublin South East and has no ideas/policies that will be helpful on a national level which is what a TD's real job is...

I'd love to get canvased by him to see what his actual economic policies are for example... how he intends to create jobs.. how he intends to develop the "knowlegde economy" or whatever it's being called these days..

His policies aren't strong enough or clear enough to deserve a vote - until this changes he should be avoided like the plague..

I have not problem with the lad for having ambitions for change and all that - but he's not strong enough of a candidate from what I've seen of him to be considered to be a TD

andrew wrote: »

I don't think so, boards isn't a random sample of voters in that constituency by any means.

And AFAIK he spend a while after school doing stuff. As in, organising various projects and whatnot to do with the arts in general.

I know yeah but I thought he'd be well out of the running even in a poll, most new Independents are. Not saying he'll top the election polls but I think he has a better chance of a seat that originally thought. He's second now.