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SINN FÉIN LOOKS set to make massive gains on Dublin City Council.
The party currently has five seats on the council, but will see that rise after claiming seats in almost every ward of the authority.
Most notable is the Cabra-Finglas constituency, where they look set to pick up three seats, with Seamus McGrattan, Anthony Connaghan and Emma Murphy all claiming seats. That will be mirrored in Finglas, with Noeleen Reilly and Cathleen Carney both set to take seats.
In Ballyfermot-Drimnagh, Daithi Doolan has 19% of first preferences according to tallies, which may be enough for him to bring Gregory Kelly over the line. Kelly’s 7.7% of the vote means the party took ver one in every four votes cast.
In Clontarf, Ciaran O’Moore looks set to take a seat, gathering 10% of votes.
In the North Inner City, Sinn Féin could take three seats of the six available, with Janice Boylan, Gaye Fagan and Jonathan Dowdall all in the top six. Interestingly, independent councillor Christy Burke, a former Sinn Féin councillor, will also be elected.
In Crumlin-Kimmage, Criona Ni Dhalaigh and Ray McHugh both look likely to take seats, coming in first and second, respectively.
In the Beaumont-Donaghmede nine-seater, the party looks likely to take a third of the seats, with Larry O’Toole, Mícheál MacDonncha and Denise Mitchell all polling strongly.
In Pembroke-South Dock, Chris Andrews’ high-profile defection from Fianna Fáil will be met with success, with the Andrews dynasty member topping the poll.
In Rathmines-Rathgar, Dominic MacConraí is in contention, but it will be a tight race.
If MacConraí is elected, he currently sits fifth in a six-seater, it will mean that all of Sinn Féin’s candidates for Dublin City Council would be successful.
This would leave them the biggest single party on the council on 18 seats, with independents the second most represented among the 63 seats.
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Dubliners can look forward to no property tax, no water tax and free stuff…
.. and paid for by a mythical wealthy class numbering in millions in Dublin alone.
Good help anyone working for a living if this trend continues in the generals
O’Really that’s the type of false scandalous lies that got your lot ran out in the first place.
Look on the bright side. We’re about to be treated to a two year master class in why SF isn’t capable of governance. The city manager is going to put his head through a wall.
Its 18 seats out of 63.
And all councils do is vote on budgets.
It matters little.
@Mr Phil.
Spot on, oreilly, rodgers & co will attempt to put as much spin onto this.
After all,”isn’t that what they do”
Hope they get rid of that stupid 30kph zone along the keys and do something about all those f@cking cyclists!
Shut it Lalor you fool. You will get to see uncorrupted citizen centred politics now you scare mongering coward
There should be craic in DCC for the next 5 yrs… Expect to see lots of this type of carry on http://www.thejournal.ie/donegal-county-council/news/
O’Reilly, Arrogance has a nasty smell and the government stink. You can’t say anything, to get elected and not pay the price!
That’s right. I’m not going to pay any of those charges now. Let’s see how they manage that.
This has already happened under ff fg lab watch they have destroyed thee country the people have enough of these gangsters
O’ Reilly , you must be a true blue
This election gives Sinn Fein and Independents 2 years to impress their constituents and promote their agendas and ideas for the General election in 2016. I hope they live up to the billing. This is a great platform for change.
Here Here
Two years is a long time. To be honest I don’t believe either SF or the Independents will be able to keep any of the promises made ! Also Adams is a bit delusional if he actually believes that the SF vote is not about 50% made up of protest votes !!
Like I said they have 2 years to prove themselves and prove you wrong. Good luck to them. Einstein’s definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. As an electorate this is what we have been doing. I am excited at the possibility of new ideas and a shake up of the old guard. It is Europe wide at present.
The expensive plonk they kenny and gimmenore will taste like washed diesel tonight
What’s up Michael , is it too hard of a pill to swallow for you ?
They can’t do any worse then the shower of pr##ks who don’t give a fiddlers about anyone .
You must be one of them …..
Build a bridge and get over it
I’m sure FG/Labour would have gladly accepted those “protest votes”, but for some reason, they didn’t. Any idea why?
Well done to SF.
I hope SF prove the usual suspects wrong. Wud luv to see that. Otherwise they are just the same
SF are standing on the rug, that labour got pulled on them and they better remember that. Unless they plan on doing, what Morsi tried in Egypt and SF high vote turnout can collapse just as fast. I believe FG/FF/Labour/SF, should be removed from Irish politics completely and a New Constitution re-wrote!
Sinn Fein, grabbing more power by the minute yeeeehaaa.
Exactly what’s needed.
Congratulations to Fine Gael / Labour on this fantastic achievement
The Fine Gael/Labour response to Sine Fine’s success in the polls has been embarrassing. Their rebuttal has centered on the message that while they are doing a poor job it would be worse with Sine Fein. To me that’s the equivalent of chatting u a girl saying “If you go back with me you’ll get chlamydia but the other fella might give you gonorrhea”. It certainly doesn’t inspire confidence in the Government.
Well put. They can’t even promote themselves positively so instead they have to drag everyone else down in order to compete. Complete sore losers.
Well done SF….Voters rewarding Rabbitt for his quote’Thats what you say during election’ and Quinn siging a commitment not to raise 3rd level fees,Gilmore ‘Labours way not frankfurt way’ Burton forcing people to take €20 a week job…Labour really believed that they would not get a backlash….Knives out for Gilmore
Night of the long knives has at last arrived for the political establishment.
I just hope SF can fulfill their agenda or the knives will be sharpened again for the next election.
May The Lord have mercy on us. Sinn Fein are gonna run this country further into the ground
“Further into the ground” even if they fail spectacularly they won’t be as bad as the traitors that have had their chance.
God, looking at the green and red thumbs really makes me worry for the country. And wait till you see the “traitors” that Sinn Fein will be come if they ever get into power. Which if the poles continue like this could be a big possibilities. On a side note a majority of the country voted for Fine Gael and labor in the last general. And if those people thought it was going to be any different than Fianna Fáil then they were very naive. Fianna Fáil did the the damage. And we may very well create a Fianna Fáil and Sinn Fein government. We are billions in debt that money is not gonna appear out of thin air. Don’t you think that if there was a way to pay our debts and keep the electorate happy, the current government would do that
May be paul if they had not paid all bondholers in full. Thia would not have happened
Well, only Dublin to start with !!
At least someone finally put shits up FF and FG
You must be the 1 that voted for labour .
Traitors in SF ?? Ha ha ha WTF would you call the wasters in FG/LAB
Jayziz, Paul. You know someone in the House of Lords?
Up next: Invasion Norn Irn!
Well done SF. All the rest have made a mess of it. Let’s see what you can do!! I hope they prove all the doubters wrong.
A UKIP equivalent protest vote.. would be surprising if this was replicated in a general election.
Diarmad isn’t that how the last government got in, never mind been disrespectful to people who voted.
* Diarmuid
Not being disrespectful.. protest votes serve a purpose.. and local/EU elections are the most low-cost places to do it.
O’Reilly says.
LOL
Go way and lick yer wounds!!!
Sinn Fein are Fianna Fail Mark 2.
Implementing Austerity in the North while pretending to be Anti-Austerity in the South.
Mark this comment. Sinn Fein will sell out just like Labour did when they get into government.
They stand for nothing and blow with the wind.
Who’s implementing austerity Anne ? Would I not be right in saying that the taxes charged in the six counties come from London ,stop crying , it’s over and you’s lost … The shiners are here to stay , get use to it
The cuts might come from London, but SF are very happy to implement them just so that they can remain in power. Hypocrites.
Don’t mind that they’ve leftist policies, but why don’t they just disband and its members amalgamate with the socialist party or some other leftist party. It’s their backwards nationalism that I and I think most people don’t like.
If they are in power for the 1916 commemorations there will be a lot more than 22 million wasted and I don’t think Irish will ever become an optional subject for the leaving certificate :/
Nationalism is probably what helped their votes. In case you haven’t noticed nationalist parties are on the rise across Europe Nothing backwards about wanting to look after your own country first.
@ Graham; Are you saying that people before profit, the workers party, the socialist party and AAA are not looking after their own country first?
@ Graham; What I’m saying is Sinn Fein are too nationalist. They won’t amalgamate with the other socialist parties because they’re too proud and they know that a lot of uneducated people in Ireland are attracted to the macho and romantic image of a party that still wants a 32 country Ireland and has history with a terrorist group, even though most educate people couldn’t care less about it.
Seriously, can anyone tell me why I should vote Sinn Fein over any of the other socialist parties?
Partition has done more damage to the six counties than a united Ireland ever could have. It makes perfect sense to push for a united Ireland because that’s the only sensible solution. SF are a credit for de escalating the situation in the 6 counties & bringing about relative peace. Would like to see how they get on in government. Couldn’t be any worse than what’s there already.
@Kugel Berg
Lots of uneducated people will vote for Sinn Fein can you back up that statement with proof or are you just an ignorant fool.
@Graham; Seriously? The only reason partition has done damages is because some people get caught up on arbitrary borders and cultural identity and are unable to break away from sectarian squabbling, which ultimately comes down to a lack of education.
Most people I know consider themselves Europeans/Earthlings. Working for workers’ rights, against reckless privatisation, improving our healthcare and funding r&d whilst promoting SME development etc. is clearly a lot more important than promoting the Irish language, celebrating the 1916 rising and working towards a 32 county Ireland. In most peoples’ eyes, the former is clearly what should be prioritised.
@John Bisset; I’m not ignorant but I appreciate that what I said is a bit of a generalisation. But there’s a blatantly obvious trend that Sinn Fein perform better in working class areas and that these are the areas where canvassing for them is most concentrated and most rewarding for them.
Do you think you might be able to explain to me why Sinn Fein should be opted for over other socialist parties?
Blame the 1916 rebels. If those idiots hadn’t carried out the rising, the whole island could have detached from the UK in an orderly manner a few decades later.
Yes that is were they concentrate there canvassing because it’s were they get most of there support so it makes perfect sense for them to do it , right? Would you consider people in Pembroke uneducated as it appears Chris Andrews is leading? I think your bias to working class people. To answer your question, I didn’t enter this thread to give my opinion why you should vote for either, so no.
@John; I’m not biased towards working class people. I’m quite the opposite, I always vote left to try and give a balance. Unfortunately Labour were in too small a minority to achieve any balance. I’m just pointing out the obvious. Lower levels of education equals more ignorance/inability to see the bigger picture. Sinn Fein receive most of their support from the working class simply because the working class are generally have lower levels of education.
So most of the Irish people are un educated , too proud and mucho , connected to terrorists and too nationalists ????? Where TF are you from
@Frank; You could be educated and still vote SF, it’s just that you’d be morel likely to do if you’re ignorant. Seriously, why vote SF and not any of the other socialist parties? And why won’t SF amalgamate with one of them or turn a new page by changing their name and moving away from nationalism?
@Kugel–You shouldn’t vote Sinn Fein. You would need principles and a back bone to do that.
@Seamus; I have both of those, which is why I don’t vote for them. Have you got any actual, non-arbitrary reasons then?
In Dublin, they don’t negotiate with terrorists. They vote for them.
No you have it back ways Ben, they ran out the economic terrorists that enslaved a generation that hasn’t even been born yet.
There’s an old Buddhist saying, ‘The further up the ladder you move, the more shaky your position becomes’. So remember that SF, don’t fall off on your way up or the voters take the ladder from underneath you. The voter holds the ladder, they can walk away just as fast and leave you swinging!
Who ran out the economic terrorists? I thought they left when they were satisfied our crap government was diligently compliant.
Moron
Well done Sinn Fein.
Can’t see them giving much back to the people who voted for them!
Fine Gael, Labour can only blame theirselves for not staying true to their word
And the so called “Independent” news group can now eat their words >>>
Jerry will be happy
And Ben?
Protest votes! Not to be taken seriously….I don’t think. Banks…now that is the problem and how they have brought this country to its knees. Sinn Fein/IRA know how to deal with banks. They rob them. So maybe we have elected the right people to redress the balance?
At least they don’t rob to poor like FG/LAB
Sad day that the electorate favour the Santa Party made up of terrorists, jail birds, bank robbers, bombers and mother killers.
I think we know what party your with
The Green party came back after the media had proclaimed their demise a few years ago. Good work to Eamon Ryan. Many of the left wing parties are divided amongst themselves on so many core issues but the Green party stood by its principals. The thrash talking of the Green party will not stop the supporters of that party and lets hope the Green tide washes across the continent of Europe and in the neighbouring island of Britain.
Yea Andrew !! Let’s vote the greens back in so they can tax us on more stupid s##t . If they had their way we’d be taxed on the little bit of sun we get …. The greens are gone and hopefully never to come back ….
Frank, how do you think SF will pay for everything when they get into power?
Thank fcuk I don’t live in DCC catchment area
Mr Phil
Get a life
What a bunch of sore losers, you are all an embarrassment. Take it on the chin and reform your parties to serve the people, if not then get out and stay out.
Wake up you all…..the BIG news is not SF, it’s the Independence Victory !
Protest. …. who
Great at least their on the ground & can see what’s to be what’s to be resolved
Hope they give a big push to the housing crisis & homeless badly needed
Hi just reading the comments posted regarding the elections. Fantastic amount of passion being displayed from all sides of the debate. One comment I noticed where there was disquiet about the bondholders being paid.
When the decision to pay the bondholders was made, it was made before the enactment of the EFSF, this was the stability fund created by the Commission to cover any potential bailout packages for Union members.
The nation did not have any bailout bond or system to rely on. At the time our budget deficit was in excess of 25 Billion, we therefore would not have been able to fund ourselves.
Hindsight is a great thing, but real decisions are made in real time with only the information available at that time.
Piss off….
Protest. …. who is censoring my comments?
Sf
Piss off again…
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