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Peter Casey to contest the European elections

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  • #1802
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    trashcan wrote: »
    You mean Brian eh Dobson, with his, eh, inability to eh, verabalise a whole, eh, sentence without , eh, the use of eh to an,eh incredibly annoying, eh, degree.

    What has that got to do with the earlier comment?


  • #1803
    Nobelium
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Nobelium


    mgn wrote: »
    Looks like
    McGuinness.
    Carty.
    Ming.
    Walsh.

    The tide is gone out on the green wave.Thank F*uck sick listening to them for the past 2 days.

    Not according to RTE who say it's likely to be

    McGuinness. (FG Bot)
    Walsh. (Gay Rose & FG Bot)
    McHugh. ("omg omg where am I going to live in Brussels !!!! omg omg"
    Ming. (Doper)


  • #1804
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Nobelium wrote: »
    Not according to RTE who say it's likely to be

    McGuinness.
    Walsh.
    McHugh.
    Ming.
    It depends who they are talking to! Nobody really knows yet. It will be 3/5 it seems for the remaining 3 seats.


  • #1805
    Nobelium
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Nobelium


    is_that_so wrote: »
    It depends who they are talking to! Nobody really knows yet. It will be 3/5 it seems for the remaining 3 seats.

    The numbered bundles of ballots, waiting for the 10pm deadline, are easy enough to estimate, i'd say RTE are not far off there


  • #1806
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Nobelium wrote: »
    The numbered piles of ballots are easy enough to estimate, i'd say RTE are not far off there
    It's the transfers they can't guess at. Outside the guarantee of McGuinness elected in Count 1 the question of who's most transfer-friendly is the mystery. I'd have Walsh and Carthy in a seat and a final scrap that Ming could take.


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  • #1807
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    Cant see McHugh getting the transfers needs to get a seat.


  • #1808
    Nobelium
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Nobelium


    is_that_so wrote: »
    It's the transfers they can't guess at. Outside the guarantee of McGuinness elected in Count 1 the question of who's most transfer-friendly is the mystery. I'd have Walsh and Carthy in a seat and a final scrap that Ming could take.

    The first preference piles say otherwise, Carthy is not in the running, and he's hardly FG transfer friendly


  • #1809
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    mgn wrote: »
    Cant see McHugh getting the transfers needs to get a seat.
    This is what I wonder. She may be like Casey in that those voting for her will largely do so in the FPVs. She'll get more than him in transfers but will they be enough?


  • #1810
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Nobelium wrote: »
    The first preference piles say otherwise, Carthy is not in the running, and he's hardly FG transfer friendly
    Hmm, you predicted an election by looking at distant TV pictures of piles of FPVs?! :p I honestly don't know and I am going to wait for an actual count, hopefully this evening.


  • #1811
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    How could mchugh get in?

    No one had heard of her a week ago


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  • #1812
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,135 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    How could mchugh get in?

    No one had heard of her a week ago

    Still seems she'll beat the Casey which must hurt a lot here :pac:

    I'm looking forward to the spin his fans put on his latest failure.


  • #1813
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    How could mchugh get in?

    No one had heard of her a week ago

    Have you not heard of this ''Green Wave'' that has being rammed down our throats the last 24 hours.


  • #1814
    Nobelium
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Nobelium


    is_that_so wrote: »
    Hmm, you predicted an election by looking at distant TV pictures of piles of FPVs?! :p I honestly don't know and I am going to wait for an actual count, hopefully this evening.

    Don't be a stupid dick, the prediction is RTE's, read the posts for once.


  • #1815
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    How could mchugh get in?

    No one had heard of her a week ago
    If she matches the exit poll she would certainly be in the mix. If she's back where she was in polls she won't.


  • #1816
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Nobelium wrote: »
    the prediction is RTE's, read the posts for once.
    Oh I've read them and I've pointed out the issue with all of this prognostication. RTE have done so as well by issuing health warnings around all the guesswork. We need an actual count.


  • #1817
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    Heard McHugh on the radio this morning when asked if she was at the count center she replied,OMG i would be too nervous to go there.Some addition she would be in Brussels if she is afraid to go to Castlebar.


  • #1818
    Simple_Simone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 152 ✭✭Simple_Simone


    mgn wrote: »
    Your username says it all.Stay inside the M50 and follow the likes of Damien Dempsey.

    Hurt your feelings, did I? Not to worry, there's a big line dancing event in Nurney next weekend. Don't forget to bring your Stetson!


  • #1819
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,388 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    If Carthy loses out it could be partly because of his refusal to answer the question about whether he would stay in Europe. I heard him on RTE a couple of weeks ago, and it was also on local radio.

    https://www.shannonside.ie/news/local/leitrim/matt-carthy-denies-will-leave-europe-elected-contest-dail-seat/

    None of the experts I heard predicted Carthy was in any danger, nor the big drop in support for SF generally. The plan was for Carthy to hand over his seat in Europe to a nominee, and he would contest a by-election if Brendan Smith won. Or a General Election which could be very soon. The best laid plans and all that.


  • #1820
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,503 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    mgn wrote: »
    Have you not heard of this ''Green Wave'' that has being rammed down our throats the last 24 hours.

    Ciaran cuffe is a well known politician, she isn't


  • #1821
    Nobelium
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Nobelium


    mgn wrote: »
    Heard McHugh on the radio this morning when asked if she was at the count center she replied,OMG i would be too nervous to go there.Some addition she would be in Brussels if she is afraid to go to Castlebar.

    on another interview this morning she was running around going "omg omg . . where am I going to live in Brussells . . omg omg" . . noting about policy or what she's going to represent other than her own ego.


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  • #1822
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    If Carthy loses out it could be partly because of his refusal to answer the question about whether he would stay in Europe. I heard him on RTE a couple of weeks ago, and it was also on local radio.

    https://www.shannonside.ie/news/local/leitrim/matt-carthy-denies-will-leave-europe-elected-contest-dail-seat/

    None of the experts I heard predicted Carthy was in any danger, nor the big drop in support for SF generally. The plan was for Carthy to hand over his seat in Europe to a nominee, and he would contest a by-election if Brendan Smith won. Or a General Election which could be very soon. The best laid plans and all that.

    He did address it during the debate, not convincingly though. He made it sound like they put his name on the website and forgot to take it off but he didn't say he wouldn't be a GE candidate.


  • #1823
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    Nobelium wrote: »
    on another interview this morning she was running around going "omg omg . . where am I going to live in Brussells . . omg omg" . . noting about policy or what she's going to represent other than her own ego.

    Well suited to the Green Party.But i have a funny feeling she won't have to worry about where is is going to live in Brussels.


  • #1824
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    Simple_Simone wrote: »
    Hurt your feelings, did I? Not to worry, there's a big line dancing event in Nurney next weekend. Don't forget to bring your Stetson!

    Line dancing not my cup of tea.More of an Eminem fan myself.
    You should get out of Dublin for a day you might learn something.


  • #1825
    Nobelium
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Nobelium


    mgn wrote: »
    Well suited to the Green Party.But i have a funny feeling she won't have to worry about where is is going to live in Brussels.

    RTE seems to be on a big push to promote her anyway


  • #1826
    Augme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,119 ✭✭✭Augme


    Looks like it's goinf to be an embarrassing, but not surprising, result of for Peter Casey.


  • #1827
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    mgn wrote: »
    Well suited to the Green Party.But i have a funny feeling she won't have to worry about where is is going to live in Brussels.
    Plenty lining up to show her the delights of Brussels


  • #1828
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    Augme wrote: »
    Looks like it's goinf to be an embarrassing, but not surprising, result of for Peter Casey.

    It's no surprise that he won't get elected,why is embarrassing.


  • #1829
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    Nobelium wrote: »
    RTE seems to be on a big push to promote her anyway

    And the Green Party so get ready for plenty of new carbon taxes.


  • #1830
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    mgn wrote: »
    It's no surprise that he won't get elected,why is embarrassing.

    If Casey sticks to matters local he'll fare much better. Lesson learned.


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  • #1831
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    Deleted User wrote: »
    If Casey sticks to matters local he'll fare much better. Lesson learned.

    Agreed,I think the European Election was just to keep profile up before the next GE.


  • #1832
    Augme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,119 ✭✭✭Augme


    mgn wrote: »
    Augme wrote: »
    Looks like it's goinf to be an embarrassing, but not surprising, result of for Peter Casey.

    It's no surprise that he won't get elected,why is embarrassing.


    He lost the run of himself after the presidential election. This is what he said straight after the election.

    “I am joining Fianna Fáil. I intend to run in the next general election in Donegal and I am going to become a Fianna Fáil TD — with a view to becoming Taoiseach at the head of a renewed and revitalised Fianna Fáil."

    Fianna fail told his to piss off and now the electorate has as well. Given he had such loft ambitions this result is humiliating for him.


  • #1833
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Ciaran Cuffe owns shares in six oil mining companies.
    He's not green

    https://www-irishtimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/cuffe-files-show-td-owns-shares-in-six-oil-firms-1.361947?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&mode=amp&usqp=mq331AQA#aoh=15588967809168&amp_ct=1558896784670&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fcuffe-files-show-td-owns-shares-in-six-oil-firms-1.361947


  • #1834
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,388 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Deleted User wrote: »
    If Casey sticks to matters local he'll fare much better. Lesson learned.

    If he is going to stand in Donegal, he will need to come up with some gimmick to satisfy the locals.


  • #1835
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    If he is going to stand in Donegal, he will need to come up with some gimmick to satisfy the locals.

    Or bring some jobs to the local area.You might be surprised with the contacts he has around the world.


  • #1836
    honeybear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,648 ✭✭✭honeybear


    mgn wrote: »
    Or bring some jobs to the local area.You might be surprised with the contacts he has around the world.
    Afair he got his highest % in the Presidential election in Tipperary. Options?


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  • #1837
    Phoebas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,371 ✭✭✭Phoebas


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Ciaran Cuffe owns shares in six oil mining companies.
    He's not green

    https://www-irishtimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/cuffe-files-show-td-owns-shares-in-six-oil-firms-1.361947?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&mode=amp&usqp=mq331AQA#aoh=15588967809168&amp_ct=1558896784670&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fcuffe-files-show-td-owns-shares-in-six-oil-firms-1.361947
    Scraping the bottom of the barrel there with a 16 year old story about some shares that he inherited from his late mother.


  • #1838
    nice_guy80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭nice_guy80


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Ciaran Cuffe owns shares in six oil mining companies.
    He's not green

    https://www-irishtimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/cuffe-files-show-td-owns-shares-in-six-oil-firms-1.361947?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&mode=amp&usqp=mq331AQA#aoh=15588967809168&amp_ct=1558896784670&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fcuffe-files-show-td-owns-shares-in-six-oil-firms-1.361947

    2003.
    That's 16 years ago.


  • #1839
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,388 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    mgn wrote: »
    Or bring some jobs to the local area.You might be surprised with the contacts he has around the world.

    He will need to get the jobs in before the election.


  • #1840
    its_steve116
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭its_steve116


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    If he is going to stand in Donegal, he will need to come up with some gimmick to satisfy the locals.

    Gimmick, gimmick, gimmick, a seat after midnight...


  • #1841
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,135 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    mgn wrote: »
    Agreed,I think the European Election was just to keep profile up before the next GE.

    Ah so this is the line now :D

    Knew there would be a solid excuse to help the "peoples champion."


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  • #1842
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    Augme wrote: »
    He lost the run of himself after the presidential election. This is what he said straight after the election.

    “I am joining Fianna F. I intend to run in the next general election in Donegal and I am going to become a Fianna F TD — with a view to becoming Taoiseach at the head of a renewed and revitalised Fianna F."

    Fianna fail told his to piss off and now the electorate has as well. Given he had such loft ambitions this result is humiliating for him.

    He done better that Fianna Fail in this election.The have politicians around for donkey years yet he done better than them.So if anybody is humiliated now its Fianna Fail.


  • #1843
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    pjohnson wrote: »
    Ah so this is the line now :D

    Knew there would be a solid excuse to help the "peoples champion."

    Do mind sharing who your champion is?


  • #1844
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,388 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    mgn wrote: »
    He done better that Fianna Fail in this election.The have politicians around for donkey years yet he done better than them.So if anybody is humiliated now its Fianna Fail.

    I still don't think they will let him join the party. Especially since he wants to unseat their leader.


  • #1845
    Jamie2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,756 ✭✭✭✭Jamie2k9


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    I still don't think they will let him join the party. Especially since he wants to unseat their leader.

    Vote management could work, SF Pearse D was almost unseated in 2016 when they tried to to run 3 candidates. If not in Brussels, Casey will be in next Dail.


  • #1846
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,105 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    mgn wrote: »
    Or bring some jobs to the local area.You might be surprised with the contacts he has around the world.

    Contacts around the world

    Ffs.

    He's a second rate businessman

    Do people actually fall for this ballax


  • #1847
    SirGerryAdams
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 499 ✭✭SirGerryAdams


    Hard to believe people ridicule Casey while Maria Walsh is going without any mention at all. Walsh is a worse embarassment, Casey at the very least put money to go for president while Walsh has been AWOL for years and turns up on the eve of the election looking for a big salary because her money has dried up.

    **** it, be selfish, vote for Lowry, vote for the Healy Raes, you might get a few roads out of it or something while you're at it.

    11/12 years since the crash and these fools still getting voted in.


  • #1848
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    SirGerryAdams wrote: »
    Walsh has been AWOL for years

    Are you in orbit? She only entered politics recently.


  • #1849
    tayto lover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52,288 ✭✭✭✭tayto lover


    listermint wrote: »
    Contacts around the world

    Ffs.

    He's a second rate businessman

    Do people actually fall for this ballax

    He’s not a politician at all but he got 23% of the vote in the Presidential Election from nowhere just for highlighting the things other politicians are afraid to even mention AND he made a nice wee packet for me in the bookies.


  • #1850
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    Wheeliebin30 wrote: »
    The dinosaurs should have voted greens.

    They might be still here today.
    They were taxed to death by the Greens . Served them right for voting for the Greens .


  • #1851
    mgn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,904 ✭✭✭mgn


    listermint wrote: »
    Contacts around the world

    Ffs.

    He's a second rate businessman

    Do people actually fall for this ballax

    I don't know any second rate businessmen that are millionaires.
    To make a few million you have to know what your at or else win the lotto.
    The a closer look at the rest of the candidates and see what the have achieved in their lives.The done sweet F*uk all.


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