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Richard Bruton left a running mate off his leaflets - but she's more disappointed than annoyed

“It’s small beer, but it does happen. There’s no point in making a row about it.”

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A FINE GAEL general election candidate says that she doesn’t want to be seen as a “whinger and a whiner” after she was left off her running mate’s leaflets.

Stephanie Regan was not mentioned on leaflets handed out by Jobs Minister Richard Bruton’s team in the Dublin Bay North constituency.

The leaflet does, however, mention the other Fine Gael candidate, Cllr Naoise O Muiri and Cllr Keith Redmond, who last week left the party for Renua.

Bruton lost the selection convention in his constituency in April and was later added to the ticket by party headquarters.

It had been expected that Bruton would be selected alongside Regan after members were directed to select one male and one female candidate in order to comply with new gender quota rules. However, he lost out to O Muiri.

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Speaking to TheJournal.ie, Regan said that she was “more disappointed than annoyed” about the omission, but says that she doesn’t want to drag the issue out.

“To say that there is a row about it is an overstatement. I never said there was a row.

“It’s small beer, but it does happen. There’s no point in making a row about it.

“I was more disappointed than annoyed.”

Regan says that there has been some contact from Bruton’s office and that an explanation was offered. She added that she doesn’t believe that the omission was made because of her gender.

“We’re not operating in a way that women are better than men, but having men and women working together represents a more balanced perspective.

I don’t want to whip it up. I don’t think it was a gendered decision, but you have to use the literature with the team on it.

“Especially when up until the weekend we were possibly talking about a November election; One month or six weeks out, it’s not on.”

Bruton’s office has no responded to a request for comment.

Read: Renua captures FG councillor because of ‘nanny state tendencies’

Read: Shock in Fine Gael as Richard Bruton fails to get selected in his own backyard

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    Oct 13th 2015, 11:43 AM

    She should move to FF, they’re mad to elect the wimmin

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    Oct 13th 2015, 11:47 AM

    Richard Bruton wrote a letter in support of TTIP because someone had dirt on him.

    We’re going to stop TTIP, you gutter dwelling rat.

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    Mute Vote Left Ireland
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    Oct 13th 2015, 11:47 AM

    and all this after he failed the selection convention only to have his name added as a 3rd candidate by the leadership? Starting to get the impression these are not members of a party but individual careerists in competition with themselves as much as the opposition.

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    Mute Ben McArthur
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    Oct 13th 2015, 11:49 AM

    I wonder if the explanation was that Regan currently has about half a million posters splattered over North Dublin, not one of which mentions Richard Bruton?

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    Oct 13th 2015, 11:50 AM

    They are running against each other not with. As much love between them as Joan burton and Mary Lou Macdonald

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    Oct 13th 2015, 12:45 PM

    Mr Bruton did a lot of running away from his constituents lately.

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    Mute Stephen Brady
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    Oct 13th 2015, 11:46 AM

    What happened to honour among thieves? A true s(umb@g

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    Mute Muiris O'Daltuin
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    Oct 13th 2015, 12:22 PM

    If you look back over the Vincent Browne’s Peoples Debate from Dublin Bay North, Stephanie Reegan’s has a go a Bruton and the government ministers straight off the bat. She and many other Fine Gaelers are not happy with the leadership (the leader in particular) but are too cowardly to do anything about ahead of the election. If this this upcoming election is a flop for Fine Gael and it may well be, the knives will be out.

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    Oct 13th 2015, 10:39 PM

    Muiris I dont know what you want from a leader .
    Do we all just look admiringly at him for 35 years without a word of dissent or question or do we appreciate a leader who gets down to the business of building the best economy in the OECD despite the black hole the taoiseach inherited only 4.5 years ago .Get real Muiris .

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    Oct 14th 2015, 12:12 PM

    My comment wasn’t reflecting my personal opinion on Kenny and the Fine Gael parliamentary party. It was an observation on back benchers and FG members opinions of Kenny, who are not happy with his performance, hence candidates like Reegan attempting to distance themselves from some of Kenny’s policies ahead of the general election. It’s time you got real and actually open your eyes to what’s going on around you. Go look at the Peoples Debate and come back and tell me all is well within Fine Gael.

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    Mute Adrian
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    Oct 13th 2015, 12:12 PM

    Bruton talks the talk with all his jobs, jobs and more jobs, but i’m not sure he walks the walk.

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    Oct 13th 2015, 12:41 PM

    FG in disarray in Dublin bay north … No surprise they are back stabbing each other .. Regan hasn’t a hope of being elected here . Only a few hundred bothered voting for her in the locals .

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    Oct 13th 2015, 10:47 PM

    The competition to gain at least two seats for FG is intense as one can expect ,augurs very well for success .

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    Oct 13th 2015, 12:44 PM

    they are all back stabbing. they have no respect for party colleagues, how could they have respect for citizens.

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    Oct 13th 2015, 12:49 PM

    Sure weren’t they trying to get rid of Enda 6 months before the election.

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    Oct 13th 2015, 1:13 PM

    These guys don’t make mistakes.

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    Oct 13th 2015, 1:27 PM

    No great secret. All the male colleagues are mentioned but the only Female is omitted. Is this a variation of ” Jobs for De Boys “

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    Oct 13th 2015, 3:34 PM

    There’s probably a simple explanation.

    Oversight at the printers probably!

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