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Ruth Coppinger will become the first woman nominated for Taoiseach

The Dublin West TD says she represents an “alternative to the failed policies of the 1%”.

RUTH COPPINGER WILL be nominated by the Anti-Austerity Alliance/People Before Profit for Taoiseach tomorrow.

The Dublin West TD will be the first woman to be nominated for the position.

Speaking this evening, Coppinger said the AAA-PBP are nominating her as a candidate who will “stand politically opposed to the establishment and other parties”.

“We want to act as a clear, left, socialist voice for workers and the oppressed in society who are suffering from the effects of the crises in housing and health, and to outline the alternative to the failed policies of the 1%.”

Coppinger said it is “fitting” she is the first woman to stand for the position at a time when the country is dealing with “the feminisation of poverty” due to cutbacks, and calls for the Eighth Amendment to be repealed.

The vote will take place in the Dáil tomorrow. A similar vote on 10 March saw Fine Gael’s Enda Kenny, Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin, Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams and PBP’s Richard Boyd-Barrett all fail to be elected.

Since then talks about forming a new government have intensified between various parties and groups, but the outcome of negotiations remains unclear.

Read: This is how Fine Gael would govern with independent TDs – but what about Fianna Fáil?

Read: How these two could resolve their differences over Irish Water and water charges

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    Dec 11th 2019, 11:26 PM

    Interesting you describe Emma’s Father as a ‘Loyalist activist’ …. he’s a convicted terrorist and gun runner. Call a spade a spade

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    Dec 12th 2019, 1:45 AM

    @Brendán O’Cuinn: she isn’t a Sinn Fein candidate so those points are watered down.

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    Dec 12th 2019, 2:03 AM

    @Brendán O’Cuinn: South African weapons supplied with full knowledge of British government into Belfast docks. One third of which went to Ulster resistance set up and run by none other that Ian Paisley snr and Peter Robinson of DUP. Weapons which have never been accounted for or decommissioned and are still a serous threat to peace on this island.

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    Dec 11th 2019, 8:06 PM

    As the tag line for Alien vs Predator goes:

    “Whoever wins, we lose”

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    Dec 11th 2019, 9:11 PM

    FG/FF canvassing for SDLP, for one reason only. Their fear/hatred of SF. Poor craters.

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    Dec 12th 2019, 11:57 AM

    @Badger the witness: have SF indicated that they’ll get off their holes go to Westminster and vote against Borris?
    No they haven’t.
    So why would you back the party that intends to sit on their hands whIle Brexit looms?

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    Dec 11th 2019, 11:49 PM

    I see Finna Fail are continuing with their abstentionist policy on fielding candidates in the 6 counties

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    Dec 12th 2019, 1:48 AM

    @Liam Ó hAodha: ain’t Fianna Fáil currently an abstentionist party within the Dail as well???

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    Dec 12th 2019, 1:58 PM

    @M Bowe: No, they take their seats in the dail.

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    Dec 11th 2019, 10:58 PM

    As an Irish citizen living overseas I have been dissappointed with the Journal’s coverage of the UK election; particuluarly the NI segment.

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    Dec 11th 2019, 10:10 PM

    In fairness, Michael Harding wrote a witty article about using his phone as a daily bell for mindfulness today and the comments were even more bitter.
    I’ll saw some poor divil putting up posters for Claire Hanna tonight. It takes a bit of courage to do that on a cold old night like tonight.
    My own thoughts are that Pengelly was thrown in to attract the more middle class votes in South Belfast, but I doubt it will work this time.
    What I find strange about this article is that North Belfast, East Belfast, North Down, Foyle and Fermanagh are all tight, but they only focus on this one. Id say south Belfast is the most predictable right now of all I have listed.

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    Dec 11th 2019, 10:13 PM

    @Kenneth Finnerty: Just realized how funny my typo is, I’ll saw some poor divil.

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    Dec 13th 2019, 10:31 PM

    @Kenneth Finnerty: Well I called that one pretty straight!

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    Dec 12th 2019, 7:53 AM

    Just vote for anyone who will go into Parliament to represent and vote for your interest

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    Dec 12th 2019, 8:26 AM

    Little Pengelly versus Big Hanna!!!!

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    Dec 11th 2019, 8:45 PM

    “United” what?

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