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Labour candidate filmed being heckled while canvassing in viral video wins seat

Martina Genockey gained a 9.4 per cent share of the votes.

A LABOUR CANDIDATE who featured in viral video in which she was abused while canvassing has gained a seat on her local council.

Martina Genockey, who was running in Tallaght-South, had her campaign overshadowed by a video in which local residents branded her a “Labour Traitor”.

The Jobstown residents added that there wasn’t “a chance in hell” that they would vote for her.

However, 740 people did, winning her a 9.4 per cent share of the vote and gaining a place on the six-seat LEA.

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    Nov 10th 2012, 9:45 AM

    RTE reported him as a suspect in the disappearance of a man, suspect in possession of stolen property and as being suspected in involvement in the drugs trade.

    The independent reported him as being discharged from the force on medical grounds and being found with three cannabis plants (for pain), interviewed about a neighbour who went missing and having come into possession of stolen farm equipment.

    Two very different people. Was he a ruthless criminal or a man in pain who lost a friend and got duped into buying dodgy equipment?

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    Nov 10th 2012, 10:09 AM

    Sorry there should actually be a question mark after the word pain. It was my own thought and not part of the independent report.

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    Nov 10th 2012, 9:13 AM

    Yea well done bright spark !

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    Nov 10th 2012, 8:58 AM

    Post mortem? Shot in the head!

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    Nov 10th 2012, 9:16 AM

    Ah well, case closed then eh? No need for forensics…

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    Nov 10th 2012, 12:55 PM

    Is been a dodgy cop a medical condition now? Feel sorry for his kids.

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