Wicklow

According to RTE reporter just on RTE 2 News there will be a combined announcement after count 15.

danois wrote: »

is there rules about announcements can this be used to scrap the vote and call for a by-election??

According to East Coast, its cool if the Candidate gives permission.
Joe Behan did.

Also Tom Fortune (lab) is being redistributed.
So he is out too.

Shinners must know they're gonna lose:p

Donnelly will need protection!

murpho999 wrote: »

Lots of tweets now saying that Armed Gardai are now at the count......this can't be true can it?

Not according to the tweeters who are actually there.

d'Oracle wrote: »

Not according to the tweeters who are actually there.

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Doubt it, be careful about believing tweets, once one goes others follow with the same BS. It is a bit like bloggers who write about someone else blogging who wrote about someone else blogging...

Well that's why I thought I'd ask here......trust Boards better that Twitter.

Unless the armed Gardai turned up to put Roche out of his misery but discovered he wasn't there!

hdowney wrote: »

honestly i think this is completely wrong of the RO not to make proper announcements after each count. i don't CARE if she wants to go home to bed. how about openess and accountability, especially after what we have just been through the last 24 hours. it is wrong that she is hopping from count to count and nobody knowing what is going on

Even if Dick Roche hasn't helped matters, this is totally uncalled for by the RO and he/she shouldn't be allowed to do the job again!

danois wrote: »

best tweet i seen all day

realtonybuckley: RT @Rathbaner: #ge11 #wk Returning officer has ordered a wooden stake and a hammer be brought to count centre in an effort to eliminate Dick Roche #vinb

Dick by name Dick by nature. He lost the plot on this one and his final political act has lent even greater weight to the statement that all political careers end in failure.

What is the latest down there at the count? What count are they now on - no updates on RTE due to the RO not making any announcements I woudl like to see Steven Donnelly get in but reckon he might be pipped at the post by the Fortune transfers to Ferris - but in this election you just cannot tell!

That was 2 hours ago, it looks to me that the returning officier is not giving the result of each count.

she isnt she is making no announcements

gandalf wrote: »

Is that actually legal? Surely they have to have some kind of transparency with the counts and eliminations?

Is this happening because of Dick Roches strop?

There are apparantly enough legal eagles there so it must be. I would imagine it has something to do with the toys out of the pram from Roche

Shut up whinging all of you.

Results announcement now.

she is makin an announcement

the groutch wrote: »

I can see a re-drawing of boundaries to split wicklow for the next election

Any chance we can draw the boundaries of the entire state and become part of Bavaria - it would solve all the problems re the IMF.

mgmt wrote: »

What did she announce?

Behan and Roche excluded.

Results from count 15 very shortly.

Maybe Tom's awful toupé wanted her to announce.