@The Risen: shinnerbots are going into meltdown…you hate to see it ;)

@The Risen:

You certainly put me in my place. People Before Profit? The same party who organised protests when people couldn’t give their loved ones a proper burial because of COVID

@Just Some Guy: Just correcting you.

@The Risen: an honourable hard working man by all accounts. Lucky to get elected, if I remember correctly., after being caught in the SF up swing.

@The Risen:
You are very confused politically.

You supported a extremist right wing conspiracy theorist for President. You say you voted for an extreme left wing candidate in the General election, and you spend every waking minute advocating for Sinn Féin on the Journal. On top of that you have no idea how our democracy works.

It’s very hard to take you seriously.

@Feardorcha Ó Maolomhnaigh: whatever else about The Risen, the broad support for his comments on here indicate that a hell of a lot of people ‘take him seriously’.

You? Not so much.

@Diarmuid: that doesn’t say much about the people on here does it? His statements are total rubbish. And speaking as someone who voted for SF they do far more harm than good. They make SF voters out to the total muppets

@Just Some Guy: from a faceless account you’re the one that’s laughable

@Diarmuid: It is very funny how you and @We love Katamari: respond to defend the Risen. It’s just like you are a little team.

I wouldn’t put too much credence into the number of thumbs on his comments. A little team of posters can easily manipulate the thumbs up on any comment.

@Shazam37: Most of your posts involve insulting people. Now you’re insulting the ‘people on here’. Well done.

@Jim O Brien Tech: god.
You people.

@Shazam37: What’s childish is you calling everyone who you don’t agree with idiots and morons. This is a comments section, not your tree house.

@Shazam37: He posts no more nonsense that the rest of the Sinn Féin posters on here. You included. If the murder of 1800 people doesn’t damage a brand, then your, Dermot’s or the Risen’s comments aren’t going to make it any worse.

@The Risen: I see your pants are on fire there Risen! SF Bot#1

@a politicians promise is as good as a lie: I wouldn’t pursue a future in comedy if I were you

@Madra: what’s this baby box for new parents?

@Madra: except any that involve taxing us more. Did they need the greens that much that they gave them so much? So much nonsense in this I’d consider voting SF next time just to end this nonsense. They should’ve held another GE.

@Damian Moylan: Ireland has one of the highest standard of living in the EU. The average wages in Ireland are over 4 times that of Latvia.

@Feardorcha Ó Maolomhnaigh: so what? We should have fraud taxes foisted on us by a party no one voted to make Kingmakers ? And worse, FG/FF went along with it ??

@Damian Moylan: You drive a car with low emissions you get low tax….its called carrot and stick approach.

@Feardorcha Ó Maolomhnaigh: tell that to all the homeless and the thousands waiting for life altering operations and the disabled

@Ciaran Burke: As a FG voter in last election, I’m really disappointed that they’ve chosen to sell out to the greens. Personally I’d prefer to have done a deal with SF as no matter how crazy their policies seem it ain’t nothing like the futility of the Green policies.
I expect FG and in particular FF to loose a significant amount of support in rural ireland as result of this.

@Shazam37: No I get, it SF is at fault for not running enough candidates. I personally am a centre left voter. I almost always vote left independent to get away from this my party made me vote this way nonsense. It’s very clear what was voted for, change. It’s not nuance it’s a slap in the face. Look I understand people vote for their own interests that’s fine but can we really take anymore of the same? I mean the children’s hospital really annoys me the sheer waste of money & the printer.

@Thomas O’Donnell: We both know this Frankenstein government has no real mandate & lost the popular vote. LV 5th count, MM 6th count and still has to go to Ardfheis for approval. Are you okay letting SF lead opposition into the next GE because if there is no change it’s probably a SF gov next time.

@Seamus Hughes: I agree as I said above I would be a left independent voter. The greens if they do this will shaft themselves. And rural people and farmers in particular do not like the green party because it’s bad for them economically. This will allow SF to tie FF and FG together and with labour no longer a threat it will allow SF and the SD to rise in the next election. I personally favorite coalition governments so there’s a check on the power. But, this combination it’s all wrong and Eamon Ryan in particular should know better after his last coalition with FF. I would not be in favour of Sinn Fein alone having power I feel there needs to be a check but their housing policy is popular something needs to be done on housing.

@Ciaran Burke: it’s not SF fault. Why should they run loads of candidates? They did poorly in the election before and terribly in the presidential election. They ran the candidates they thought appropriate based on the info that they had. They don’t have a crystal ball.

The nuance is that nearly 50% of the country voted FFFG, that’s inescapable fact. That it was a remarkable election that saw a further damaging result for the established two can’t be denied.

But it CANNOT be claimed that the majority of the country didn’t vote for this. They did. Wishing we won’t change it.

I voted for SF Soc dem green. I loath. LOATH. FFfG. The waste. The incompetence. The cronyism’s. The lack of accountability.

But that doesn’t change the simple fact that although more people than ever want change, that’s is NOT the same thing as saying a MAJORITY do.

@Shazam37: because everyone knew with the confidence and supply arrangement that people were looking for an alternative. I said before the election SF are shooting themselves in the foot not running more candidates. Also the fact RTE pushing SF out of the leaders debate also pushed the anti establishment sentiment and the scandals in government as well as nothing been done on housing were huge issues. The last election was on housing.

@Damian Moylan: why is that? Those who live around 10km from where they work and where possible should be encouraged to cycle.

@Fionn Darland: And you think all that will be implemented? You’re fierce optimistic altogether.

@Looney Tunes: of cours he is. Loser.

@Shazam37: I have a life but unfortunately 1800 in the North no longer do thanks to a certain organisation that is/was the second cheek of the same SF ass. I have no issue at all with legitimate left wing parties.

@Looney Tunes: So I gave a bit of a ribbing to Liverpool fans saying that their 2019/202 win will have an Asterix beside it. I am not a Pool fan – get over it – it was a bit of fun – do you have a sense of humour?

@ Badger: No harm in being ambitious! IF they implement the plan a lot of the issues that came up at the last election will have been addressed. Time will tell but only if the grassroots of all 3 parties approve of it!