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'Silence breakers' named as Time's Person of the Year

The award is dedicated to people who went public with allegations of sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood and beyond.

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‘SILENCE BREAKERS’ HAVE been named as Time’s 2017 Person of the Year.

The award is “for giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing us all to stop accepting the unacceptable”, Edward Felsenthal writes in the magazine.

He says the award is dedicated to people who went public with allegations of sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood, politics, the media and beyond.

“It became a hashtag, a movement, a reckoning. But it began, as great social change nearly always does, with individual acts of courage.

“The galvanizing actions of the women on our cover — Ashley Judd, Susan Fowler, Adama Iwu, Taylor Swift and Isabel Pascual — along with those of hundreds of others, and of many men as well, have unleashed one of the highest-velocity shifts in our culture since the 1960s.

Social media acted as a powerful accelerant; the hashtag #MeToo has now been used millions of times in at least 85 countries. ‘I woke up and there were 32,000 replies in 24 hours,’ says actor Alyssa Milano, who, after the first (Harvey) Weinstein story broke, helped popularize the phrase coined years before by Tarana Burke.

“‘And I thought, My God, what just happened? I think it’s opening the floodgates.’ To imagine Rosa Parks with a Twitter account is to wonder how much faster civil rights might have progressed,” the article states.

On foot of the Weinstein allegations, a number of actors including Kevin Spacey and Louis CK, and TV presenters Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose have been accused of sexual misconduct or harassment.

In August, Swift has made a “generous” donation to a US charity that supports victims of sexual assault after winning a groping lawsuit against a former radio DJ David Mueller.

Read: Uma Thurman calls out Harvey Weinstein and his ‘wicked conspirators’

Read: ‘You are not alone’: Taylor Swift makes ‘generous’ donation to sexual assault charity

Read: Kevin Spacey accused of 20 incidences of inappropriate behaviour from his time at London’s Old Vic theatre

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    Mute Nigel Healy
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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:24 AM

    Great to see people wanting to vote, especially younger people.

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    Mute Paul Furey
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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:33 AM

    And hopefully this generation can clean up after the mess we’ve created.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:55 AM

    We should make our general election a bank holiday but if you don’t vote you’ve no entitlement to the day.

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    Mute Garwig
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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:19 AM

    Hopefully the will negate those who vote for FF and FG because their parents did. Time for real change.

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    Mute Lily
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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:28 AM

    Wait till they learn promises made don’t manifest and in some cases they go back on their word.

    They lie and deceive.

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    Mute Garwig
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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:33 AM

    Well the evidence of that is already there, I’m sure these students have some critical thinking abilities and they Obliterate these established parties and their false promises.

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    Mute The Magnificent Hog
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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:41 AM

    Unfortunately still lots of YFG and YFF in the universities around the country… but I hope you’re right.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:43 AM

    Wiggy, are you running for Pegida Ireland?

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    Mute James Curtin
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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:52 AM

    Cheers Paul, we’ll remember to go handy on you during the public lashings

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    Mute Killian O'Hara
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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:24 PM

    Teddington from my perspective my vote is a waste of time as the inherently undemocratic system we are voting in is the problem. Not the idiots who are running in it. Reject False Democracy.

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    Mute Bobby Phelan
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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:27 PM

    https://youtu.be/27UL3tZW1bk just remember the lies

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    Mute Amanda Whelan
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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:40 PM

    Which party has promised free fees ?

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    Mute Anton Friendo
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    Feb 4th 2016, 1:17 PM

    They should all vote for the Peoples Front of Judea as they predicted how society would be in the future.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBOQzSk14c

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    Mute Bren MC
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    Feb 4th 2016, 1:52 PM

    Yup the students union haven’t forgotten about the broken promise labour made about fees and the horrific batings the public order unit gave the students on that day not so long ago. Karma awaits.

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    Mute Garwig
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    Feb 4th 2016, 2:21 PM

    Nah…. Monkeytroll. I welcome anyone who wants to contribute to society and pay taxes. Regardless of their skin colour. It’s the freeloaders the do me in. We know you voting FG, it’s gonna be great watching them crawl around looking to scratch a Govt together. I will give SF at least my No.2 just because of your incoherent rants on here

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:30 AM

    I for one welcome our new student overlords.

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    Mute Wally Mooney
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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:25 AM

    The blueshirts and soldiers of destiny won’t like this.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:31 AM

    Why not? They are mostly educated middle class. Therefore, they won’t be voting for the communist parties.

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    Mute Old Gordon
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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:38 AM

    Ah lads, just wait for these students to start earning a wage. Everything is a socialist until they realise that their education thrusts them into ‘kulak’ rates of tax and that our hard left alternatives just want to relieve the misery of their future parents’ death with a big bill from revenue.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:42 AM

    You call me a child, yet you throw around insults like a child. What research shows that students vote for communists or political branches of terrorist organizations? I graduated last year, and I thinks it’s safe to say that I know more about the mentality of Irish students than an old like you. They will vote more towards the left for sure, but they would never vote for communists or terrorists.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:43 AM

    It’s more unlikely that they’ll be voting for your beloved blueshirts Mickey. The marriage equality referendum has politically engaged large numbers of young people and they won’t be looking to the parasitic establishment parties to implement the changes that society so badly needs.

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:43 AM

    Old that is why I used the word idealistic, nothing scares the establishment more than idealism. Idealistic voters are terrifying.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:53 AM

    Your memory that bad, old man? You called me a 10 year old in the last article. Lol, look at all the insults you’ve thrown in there. True sign of your desperation. My ma is fine. How is yours?

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    Mute Paul Wallace
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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:55 AM

    @norman Id watch yourself on here, I got stalked on LinkedIn after making a comment someone didn’t like.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:57 AM

    I only know 2 university students. Theyl both be voting SF.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:01 AM

    “I only know 2 university students” that says it all!!

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:03 AM

    Lol, clearly you aren’t familiar with the concept of implying. How old are you? I ask because you’ve done nothing but throw around insults like an gouger. Your “mum” would be ashamed.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:09 AM

    ‘Like an gouger’ ? I take it you didn’t graduate in literature or English.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:14 AM

    It’s slang, Norman. Nice insult though. Keep them coming. It shows what you lot are really like.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:15 AM

    Yes Pepper, i have been out of the country for many years and just returned. I only know 2 university students. So whats your point??

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:16 AM

    Norman – you comments are typical of the IRA/SF guys. Anyone who does not agree with your “politics” in denigrated and castigated.

    A vote for IRA/SF is a vote to validate this behaviour.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:19 AM

    Power my politics ? Please and take your time where have I ever pushed the politics of any party?.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:20 AM

    Lads… seriously…

    Anyway… delighted to see this. Whichever way the vote goes, I’ll be glad if there’s a very strong turnout, and the younger the average age the better.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:21 AM

    Moderate ‘like an gouger’ is not slang.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:21 AM

    Powerabbey… Interesting you should talk about a vote validating behaviour.

    I hope everyone keeps that in mind.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:25 AM

    ‘your comments’ Power and your comments are typical on every post you make. Anyone by default who does not support FG/Lab is a ‘Shinner’.Tolerance for opposing views not welcome in FG I take it?

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:27 AM

    Seriously face palm, Norman. Gouger is one of the most common pieces of Irish slang. I’m done engaging with you. Say hi to your “mum” for me. I won’t be reading your response on this article, but feel free to type to yourself.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:33 AM

    Also, people, by the way… DON’T FORGET TO BRING A PEN ON VOTING DAY

    (unless you have absolute trust in our electoral system to choose the right vote for you should you make the wrong decision yourself)

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:35 AM

    Poor auld Norman – usual deflection. I have been “accused” this week on the Journal of supporting FG, Labour and FF.

    My only position is that I continue to highlight the IRA/SF background to ensure that voters are fully aware of what they could bring further terror onto the country as they did for 40 years without any mandate for the public.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:37 AM

    ‘Like ‘AN’ gouger’ is not slang.Proper written English not a requirement on your college course? Just in case you can’t help yourself. ; )

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:39 AM

    Power what deflection? You accuse anyone whom does not support the present government of being a ‘Shinner’.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:42 AM

    …and this is why people keep coming to the journal… You can’t buy this kind of entertainment!

    Norman has started preaching about tolerance for opposing views on a thread where his first comment was to call someone a moron and then, instead of engaging in any sort of intelligent debate, decided to try and fight semantics.
    Word to the wise Norman – pick the fights you have the skills to win.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:48 AM

    Just… do you think the only interaction with another commentator is restricted to just one article in isolation?

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:44 PM

    Joe I’ve been saying the same for years about the pens on voting day.Great chance for Paddy Power to hand out his bookies pens outside every polling centre as people walk in.Great advertising.Your welcome Paddy…

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    Feb 4th 2016, 1:13 PM

    A lot of students are already earning a wage , a lot of students work weekends 28+ hours on top of college work

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    Feb 4th 2016, 1:53 PM

    ” communist parties” jaysus who dug up Mc Carthy????

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    Feb 4th 2016, 3:25 PM

    @M Bowe
    well Sinn fein are part of the communist/hard left block in the EU ….the GUE/NGL grouping so he is accurate.
    They include Sinn Fein, Portuguese Communist Party, Italy’s Communist Refoundation Party, French Communist Party, Communist Party of Bohemia and Moraviaand from Czech republic and need we say it….Syriza. They are open to a more open Europe to allow immigration and oppose a “fortress Europe” closing out refugees.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:28 AM

    This type of Voter have different expectations than the old guard. We can then expect a different outcome.

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:32 AM

    Students tend to be more idealistic and when they do vote more for left leaning parties.Bad news for FF/FG.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:49 AM

    As long as they don’t vote sinn fein out of ignorance. Hopefully their parents have told them what sinn fein / IRA did to this country without romanticising it like some.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:53 AM

    Bopter what happens if they’re parents are SF supporters?

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:05 PM

    No worse than what FG/LB have done.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 2:16 PM

    Exactly norman, they don’t tend to vote elderly out of touch wealthy TD’s with 2 pensions and their family as their PA’s.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 3:39 PM

    Norman, I doubt many student’s parents are Sinn fein voters considering they would remember the people still behind SF and the troubles when Sinn fein and their paramilitary wing the IRA were going around blowing up civilians, killing our gardai and our army, robbing post offices and banks (which is why our army had to stand outside and defend the bank trucks up to a few years ago) and killing more Irish republicans/nationalists than the brits did. That’s why they had no support here (they had less than 3% support here during the troubles)…………. when people research this they can easily see who SF are and what they stand for behind the flash suits.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:44 AM

    Students Against Fees group also matched in solidarity with the IT lecturers on strike over cuts to third level education.
    The next government will continue to cut funding for higher education, introduce student loans and increase fees if this does not become a campaign issue. Time to say stop! Twitter is
    @SAFtcd and
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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:45 PM

    Absolutely Carly everything should be fully funded by the State as long as people are willing to pay more taxation to fund it. But most people are not willing to pay more taxation. Either they want the additional services but want “someone else” to pay for them or they would like the additional services but realise that the money isn’t there at the moment. Taxation is like a cake. Unless you increase the size of the cake someone is going to get a smaller slice if you give somebody a bigger slice.

    Students by and large don’t pay tax. Taxpayers fund them. It is easy to demand as a right greater devices when are reaching into someone else’s pocket. The current political landscape is nothing new. We have been here before. The delusion is the expectation that the opposition in whatever form will be radically different from the outgoing Govt. They won’t be really. They will collide with reality. They are all elected via multi-seat PR which creates a feral electoral and Govt system with an unhealthy dose of populism and electoral self-interest and which discourages people of talent and experience from running for election. Expect more disappointment.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 2:04 PM

    @John R When the time comes Carly and all those students will be paying for you when you retire . Your argument is null and void.
    Investment in education in investment in the future, and of society.
    The reason we didn’t remain a slave race in the new world is because we had education. Irish people are up there with the best in the world of technology. Education is power.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 5:50 PM

    Bren MC, “When the time comes Carly and all those students will be paying for you when you retire . Your argument is null and void.” My argument that someone has to pay for more investment in education does not fall based on your logic as I never suggested what you are stating. This is a straw man argument. Read my post again. If you want more investment in university the money has to be found. Unless people are willing to stump up or more taxation then it has to come from somewhere else i.e. first or second level education, health or social protection – they are the big spenders.

    “Investment in education in investment in the future, and of society.” Yes. But I never made any argument to the contrary. And the same could be made about investment in health and social protection. But we are only talking about investment in higher education in this article. So if we are to invest in more education generally, where is the money to come from? Are we going to raise more taxes or cut expenditure in other services?

    “The reason we didn’t remain a slave race in the new world is because we had education. Irish people are up there with the best in the world of technology. Education is power.”

    These are statement devoid of any supportive base. They are an appeal to emotion and have more in common with sloganising or various vacuous clichés. You have attended too many student union meetings.

    The Irish didn’t remain a slave race because we were educated (the most common educational attainment level at that time was primary level accompanied by massive illiteracy). We attained independence despite a low level of educational attainment because we were politically aware and prepared to suffer for our beliefs. “Education is power”? So is good health and a good income and so are many other things, especially money. Of course education underpins many of these things but the point is how is greater investment in education to be paid for? You haven’t addressed the substance of the issue at all nor any point that I actually made in my post. I’m afraid you merit an NG.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:42 AM

    At least USI’s campaign this time around seems to be better than their 2002 effort where they collected forms themselves from the colleges but never submitted a good portion of them in time for the students to be registered to vote.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:13 AM

    That was no accident

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    Feb 4th 2016, 1:12 PM

    Labour announced jobs for all if re-elected! Students this is absolute bull just look their last promises!

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    Feb 4th 2016, 2:23 PM

    Yeah jobs in Austrailia, Canada etc. Labour are gonna get what they deserve.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:45 AM

    Remember Blindboy Boatclub’s Late Late interview “My Generation” here’s hoping the students realise he was talking about them…

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:02 AM

    Great to see on 2 levels: 1 this age group has been discriminated against through cuts in job seekers allowance. 2 – For a number of years, successive governments have tried to exclude a volatile student electorate from elections and referenda by holding them on Thursdays!

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:50 PM

    Nigel this “generation has been discriminated against by cuts to job seekers allowance etc”? You think nobody else has suffered cuts? You think this generation has been singled out for cuts? They haven’t. Ask anyone earning an income how many wage cuts they have taken on top of massively increased taxation. Of course if you have never worked and have little experience of life apart from the cloistered surrounds of university then the idea that you are uniquely discriminated against is not surprising. Welcome to real life. Get in the queue behind the rest of us.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 1:19 PM

    “For a number of years, successive governments have tried to exclude a volatile student electorate from elections and referenda”

    This is symptomatic of a wider problem. Before the recession, there were 650,000 people between the age of 19 and 29 in this country. The government have decimated this age group with emigration, education fees, and youth unemployment. Any resources that were used to soften the effects of recession were used solely to cushion the blow to the old guard, leaving young people starved of resources and opportunities, and forced to leave.

    None of this was done by accident. The last thing any conservative government wants is hundreds of thousands of pissed off young people in the streets. The mass emigration of Irish youth was deliberately and purposefully engineered by the current government to prevent any possible threat to their power structure.

    20 years from now, when Ireland has a population glut because we drove all of our youth overseas, when the people who currently run this country start reaching retirement age, these people are going pay the price for this mass exile. When no one is left to pay the taxes to support their healthcare and welfare, they are going to see how stupid it was to treat their own youth this way.

    I hope these people enjoy their ’16 cars and new housing projects and their “recovery” that they bought at the cost of decimating the future workforce of this country, because life is going to get a whole lot harder for them

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    Feb 4th 2016, 1:31 PM

    John, we have been directly discriminated against because social welfare for under 25′s is E100 and E188. There’s no two ways about it, that is plain and simple age discrimination.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 3:35 PM

    Yes John me, me, me. No one is denying pretty much everyone suffered during the recession. But at least we had jobs, at least we had the opportunity to gain experience when we left education. 5+ years worth of young people left education and had no place to go, no way to get experience and many had to leave the country as a result. It’s not all about you.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 6:05 PM

    Ricky Connelly, so the Government have pursued deliberate policies designed to remove young people from Ireland to bolster their own conservative agenda. It had nothing to do with the economic depression? Keep ranting.

    Chris, many people were “directly discriminated against” as you put it. Practically everyone had wages cut and taxes increased. Yet you think you were singled out? I mean really?

    Fiona Murphy, no “it’s not all about me” as you put it, or indeed Nigel above, which is the very point I was making if you would descend from your self righteous horse and read my post. People emigrated. Yes they did. Irish people have emigrated before in very large numbers. This is our traditional safety valve for better or for worse. This is not unique to this generation. Irish people have always emigrated, many voluntarily. It is sad that many had to emigrate who would have preferred to stay if jobs were available.

    But we did this to ourselves. We did it before and I suspect we will do it again. As long as Ireland maintains its current feral electoral PR system that we boast about so frequently but which has historically delivered sub-standard economic and social outcomes compared to virtually every other EU State, as well as a shockingly poor clientelist political class which we draw from an ever poorer base, we will condemn ourselves to this fate. So no, its not all about me. Its about all of us and the delusions we refuse to confront, content to point the finger of blame at everyone else.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:08 AM

    FG, FF and Liebour are calling emergency meetings over this!!! Students are SERIOUSLY angry over College Registration Fees. And they alwsays vote more liberal. FG and FF in particular won’t get many of these votes. Moderate Michael, and the other deluded ones- Tommy and Powerabbey will be pissing in the wind trying to turn this into a good thing for FG

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:24 AM

    Willr – I don’t need to try to turn it into a “good thing”. Everyone should vote and the fact that students are interested in politics is a great thing. These are well educated, intelligent and ambitious young people.

    You can be sure that they are well read and understand the effect of their vote. It does not take a genius to understand that very few of these will vote for IRA/SF as they will be aware of their background in terrorism, protection of child abusers, fuel laundering, cigarette smuggling and support for garda killers.

    They just need to look at the leaders in IRA/SF – Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, Dessie Ellis and Martin Ferris – would any sane person support these??

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:28 AM

    FG 28%, FF 21% SF 19% and Labour ( liars) 7%.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:31 AM

    Power most students have no recollection of the troubles and only see SF it’s desperation from certain elements who seek constantly to make the connection.I find it amusing and no I don’t vote SF but I do know that they resonate with alot of students as my son is a recent graduate from UCD and was involved in politics on campus.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:37 AM

    Norman – I’m not talking about the trouble. I’m talking about the 40 years of terror that IRA/SF imposed on the country without any popular support.

    Also the fact that they still have members who are “good republican” gangsters.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:42 AM

    Power did you miss the recent person elected to the Seanad who has links to a dissident organisation, or the sitting minister whose husband has links to the IRA or the serving Labour members who were part of the IRA. Please highlight those links aswell in the interests of transparency so.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:47 AM

    Students have low fees because of Labour in the ’90s.

    Labour also pushed for Friday voting to allow students to vote.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:53 AM

    no one with any morals would ever vote for SF

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:48 PM

    Tommy Or labour dissidents if thats the case that youre arguing.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:51 PM

    Tommy I wish that were the case.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:58 PM

    im sure the brave and courageous maria cahill will have plenty to say on this election ;)

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    Feb 4th 2016, 1:14 PM

    Tommy, I’m sure the students know their history, what it was like for half the population of the colony living under one party rule, the discrimination in their own country and treatment as second class citizens because they were of a different political persuasion all occurred before the pira were even imagined.
    Thankfully them days are over.

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    Mute Matt Black
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    Feb 4th 2016, 2:01 PM

    Hopefully they vote to clear out the pocket stuffers in FG/FF/LAB before they have to emigrate through lack of opportunity here

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    Feb 4th 2016, 2:28 PM

    Fu €k Liebour

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    Feb 4th 2016, 3:07 PM

    Have to agree with powerabbey here. Look at the people behind the masks and the flash suits in SF. A lot of younger voters don’t realise who sinn fein are and what they stand for with a hard left stance on things like open border immigration, high tax to anybody on over €30k a year and look at the amount of convicted criminals in/or associated with their party from murderers, garda killers, post office robbers, fuel laundering, extortion, child abusers, rapists etc etc

    While i fully understand some people want to vote hard left wing like people before profit / AAA or right wing , how can anybody vote for an organisation like SF and their IRA paramilitary wing who killed so many Irish nationalists (not just loyalists and brit army), the army, gardai, women and cifdlren here, the north and in the uk?

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:39 AM

    I’ve been in Ireland twenty odd years , and I’m an EU citizen but not allowed to vote while UK citizens may vote freely . How is this fair?

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    Mute Neil Cullen
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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:46 AM

    Because you’re not an Irish citizen.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:58 AM

    Apply for citizenship

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:59 AM

    Martin, you can put yourself for election if you like but you cannot vote.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:40 AM

    Ya I don’t think any UK citizen should be allowed to vote in a foreign election unless they apply directly for Irish citizenship it’s an very old outdated allowance that really should be scrapped. But you also need to apply for citizenship because their is no residency time rule.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:15 PM

    I think alot of British people would have dual citizenship they would still need to register to vote tho!

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:56 PM

    Troll Irish citizens are allowed to vote in UK elections. Quid pro quo and all that.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 2:19 PM

    No interest in voting in england or Italy but they can do as they wish non of my business. I don’t think however they should be getting any special treatment in the EU. Stay in or get out but everyone on the same playing field.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 6:10 PM

    Troll, you wouldn’t have an interest in voting in the UK unless you were resident in the UK which is a prerequisite. You need to be resident. The right of Irish citizens to vote in the UK and the right of UK citizens to vote here (which is more recent) is part of the history common travel area and a recognition that Ireland and the UK are intertwined from a social, economic and labour market perspective. A large number of Irish people live in the UK and they have the right to vote in elections without having to change their citizenship because of the Good Friday agreement and related matters. Not a big deal. Ireland does not have this relationship with any other country in the world. It is unique.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:21 AM

    We need a short run in time to the election make sure no-one else can register to vote. We don’t want any young free thinkers ruining the establishment!

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:24 AM

    So they obviously didn’t bother voting in the recent referendum….

    Fair enough some might have only turned 18, but the rest of them ?

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:27 AM

    Did they not know an election was coming … lastminute.com

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:28 AM

    classic journal comment structure

    1. what can I possibly moan about in relation to this story – (So they obviously didn’t bother voting in the recent referendum….)

    2. I have absolutely no evidence to back up my opinion – (Fair enough some might have only turned 18)

    3. I don’t care about my lack of evidence and I am going to moan anyway – (but the rest of them ?)

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:37 AM

    Well said Stopit.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:47 AM

    Some may have become 18 in the last few months. Others, students especially, may now live in a different location to where they lived in May 2015.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:53 AM

    They’ve probably only just turned 18 most them are first years

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:24 AM

    Maynooth SU has put in a great effort the past few years to encourage students, especially students who just turned 18, which are mostly first years who weren’t able to vote in the MarRef/ArasRef, to register to vote. The SU themselves supply the forms, bring in a local Garda when possible, and even do runs to and from the local Garda Station to take the stress off busy students and commuters. Personally, I just think you’re looking for something to moan about.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:48 AM

    I’m an nui Maynooth student and the people who were registering were new first year students who had turned 18 since the last referendum.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:41 PM

    The brainwashed libtard half p1ssed hipsters are out in en masse.
    God help our future.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 2:24 PM

    At least they can spell

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    Feb 5th 2016, 11:14 AM

    The jury’s out on that.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:35 AM

    Brilliant. I think the younger voters have the power to change thinks whereas the older generation tend to vote for the status quo. Back in 1916, the older generation wanted to continue the struggle for home rule, which was always being promised for about 30 years before that, but never delivered by the english gov, and it was the younger generation got sick of waiting and rebelled. Will we have a 2016, maybe not a rebellion, but a solid kicking for the established partys, which they badly need.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:47 AM

    Brilliant to see that the young people of the country now realise that change in the political system is needed and know that their vote will be important for the future of the country. It would be interesting to see if the crowds doing the polls have taken the young vote into consideration

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:29 PM

    Powerabbey, based on your argument against SF, you exclude yourself from voting FG, FF and Labour too? They have exactly the same basic history- terrorism, murders, bombings, child abuse cover ups. The only difference is time in history of Republic of Ireland. I read history with the records that’s there. And all the big 4 Party’s in Ireland all have these problems in their history. By the way, I voting Independent, before you use the other pathetic “your a shinner cos your not voting FG” line.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:59 PM

    Willr, no they don’t have the exact same history of violence. Not by a country mile. For one they didn’t have a policy of blowing civilians up in pubs, restaurants and chippers. Please cease your puerile exaggeration.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 6:20 PM

    Willr – deflection and deflection.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:51 AM

    Powerabbey, first I never mentioned SF in my post. I said “more liberal “, but you immediately went there. The classic FG well trained dog you are. The Propoganda Office in FG seriously brainwashed you. And 2, yes, they are educated, as such they see the stupidity of FG and FF… Both party’s are corrupt, cronyism within them rife, and students have been screwed over badly by both FG and FF. Oh yes, read up on FG Nazi origins in 1930s, FF origins too, and Labours emergence from a number of illegal organizations. SF past is no different from the rest whatsoever. Educate yourself first.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 2:44 PM

    Willr – usual deflection. To my knowledge a number of the current IRA/ SF candidates are the only known terrorists who are putting themselves up for this election.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:25 AM

    Interesting how an app is telling them how to vote…

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:37 AM

    Have you used the app Mark? I did, and it got my 1st and 2nd pref right, and IIRC my 3rd and 4th reversed. But the 4 candidates I’m voting for correct nonetheless.

    Thats pretty accurate, and better than voting based on who your parents vote for.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:42 AM

    What app??

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:44 AM

    You can blame the app when it fails. You really should vote for who you want and not what the App thinks you want.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:48 AM

    @ Donnchadh: Here ya go

    http://www.smartvote.ie/

    I’d encourage everybody who wants to vote based on whats important to you to use the app for guidance.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:00 AM

    I just checked and it got my 1 and 2 right, and that’s as far as I’ll be going with preferences

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:09 AM

    Brendan, to be honest, I already knew who I was voting for, and used the app out of curiousity to see how accurate it was.

    The results speak for themselves, a must use tool for anyone who needs to know their candidates better.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:19 AM

    For Connolly, I tried the app, and it’s interesting, but I noticed that by and large party respondents didn’t really engage in my area, giving weak middle of the road answers on most topics.

    It suggested I vote green, because my local candidate had 2 matching strong positions, around public transport. Every other suggestion was loose in their middle of the road answers.

    The app is a great idea, but doesn’t work as well in Ireland as, say, ontheissues.org works for US candidates, where individuals voting records (the whip is not as strong in the US) and public comments are brought to bear, rather than a questionnaire which has been completed to varying degrees by non-committal opinionless party drones

    The app would need to do real policy analysis of various manifestos and weigh that against local candidate opinions to give a better indication of who you ‘should’ vote for.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:19 AM

    Fairly accurate alight. Gave me my top 3 correctly and had AAA SF at the bottom of the pile.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:49 AM

    James Connolly was advised who to vote for by http://www.anphoblacht.ie

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:02 PM

    An Phoblacht advised me to vote PBP?

    How does that one work exactly?

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:04 PM
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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:09 PM

    Disingenuous attempts to hide your SF/PIRA agenda never work James….

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    Feb 4th 2016, 1:36 PM

    I think every one knows your position on SF now Diarmuid. It’s getting a bit monotonous at this stage. Change the record.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 3:48 PM

    I’d say leave him at it Rob.. He’s most likely turning people towards SF with his trolling…

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    Feb 4th 2016, 4:13 PM

    Ah sure I’m only trying to create debate, funnily enough it predicted 3 of my top 4 preferences in order!

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:29 PM

    That’s fg,lab,out.labour wipeout and fg hammered. Quinn made promises to students and then betrayed.the young will change our country for the better and congratulations to them.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 1:00 PM

    Dream on. We have been here before. Wipe out? Unlikely. Instability? Very likely.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:09 AM

    I don’t think the student population is by and large left-leaning. There is certainly a culture of activism which is very visible, and there are certainly people who get engaged by politics, across the spectrum, but that increased visibility doesn’t make for a overwhelming anti-establishment vote.

    I would say that as a demographic, there will be some skew towards parties of opposition, and parties of the left, in comparison to overall national vote, and as a demographic, students are less likely to actually be registered and vote. But plenty still vote for the establishment, and plenty do vote.

    To say that 160,000 Irish students are about to suddenly register for the first time and vote SF is a bit of stretch. A swing of 10,000-20,000 new voters is much more likely.

    Lets not forget that students are by and large included in polls as an age demographic. What this might achieve, to some extent, is shoring up the difference between poll figures and actual 1st preferences for those students are more likely to vote for.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:27 AM

    Registering to vote is not the same as actually voting and half of those won’t bother on the day.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:33 AM

    They seem to be going to an awful lot of bother just to do nothing on the day.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:35 AM

    Donna if they go to the trouble of registering which is harder to do than vote, as it involves collecting and filling out forms and getting a garda stamp which takes time and effort it is safe to say the vast amount will vote. It will be interesting to see how it effects the poll it made a huge difference in the marriage referendum.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:38 AM

    Ktsiwot. You can be sure the forms were got for them and the took the day off college to get them signed. Having a guard attend the college wouldn’t generate the same publicity. Don’t be fooled.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:39 AM

    Maybe they are registering for a postal vote!

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:07 AM

    Actually u seem to be very angry at students and saying they won’t vote is quite ignorant it not a trend for them to do that they saw the difference it made in may and how important a vote is u Donna need to relax they will vote for the future of this country not for the government that’s going to try hard for four years and make a shambles of it we need to grow up as a society and actually awknolege the problems and hope that they do with us proud of my young generation of voters actually getting off their arises I’ve been screaming at people my age for Years to vote

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:33 AM

    While I’m glad that the students are registering to vote for whoever they want, the commenters on here are wrong to assume that it will have the same impact on the GE as it did the Marriage Equality Referendum. The referendum was simply a Yes or No question and I imagine that the vast majority voted yes. In a GE, the fact that it’s firstly spread over constituencies and then the huge number of candidates, means that their numbers will be somewhat negated. It will be very interesting so see what kind of difference they can make on polling day.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:42 PM

    Great to see maybe we will see some real change now.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:32 AM

    Good news for the government I suppose.
    Irish students are in the main right wing neo liberal capitalists in the making (no radical politics for our bright young things – God forbid)
    “No party who has served in government in the last generation can abdicate responsibility for the situation we are now in. However young people and students are not interested in political point scoring and the tit-for-tat remarks that dominate our political conversations. Young people want candidates and political parties to demonstrate kind of leadership that befits the positions they seek and to map out a clear path to strong, sustainable future”
    So there you have it.
    Real social concerns neatly side stepped in their haste to secure a profitable future for themselves.
    Worthy of any government spin doctor.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:28 AM

    I live in the margin of error

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:21 AM

    Why did they wait until yesterday?

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:31 AM

    Reg. Why do you ask the obvious? ps.The forms were handed out yesterday and SF got publicity. Honestly sending a few gardai to the college would be much better.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:31 AM

    For media impact, and I mean this in a complementary tone and not critical.

    Presumably USI types co-ordinated this activity to remind the government that they are enfranchised, and that student issues haven’t gone away.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:32 PM

    I thought you could register online?

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:36 AM

    Brian. I am fairly certain half of them won’t make it to the polling station. It’s nice to see them on here going by the red thumbs to the comments.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:48 AM

    Well even if only half vote it will make a difference.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 10:58 AM

    Depends who they vote for. Can the students on here give two reasons why they are voting for their candidate?

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:05 AM

    Donna why should anyone, student or otherwise justify their voting preference to you? or anyone for that matter.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:08 AM

    Jesus Donna give them some credit. They did not make a Bollocks of the country, that was done by you generation Donna. In other words they cannot make a worse cock up.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:32 AM

    “Depends on who they vote for”, the idea of democracy is to be able to have a voice and vote for who YOU think will do the job best. Also, I’m voting for my preferable candidate because they:
    1) Wants to effectively tackle climate change
    2) Share the same views on allowing women to be in control of their body
    3) Wants to reform JobBridge
    4) Has great opinions on housing and student fees

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:41 AM

    Cdawg. Thank you for that. I would agree except I’d scrap jobBridge because it is being abused and people are being treated unfairly. It may have worked out for a few people.

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    Mute Denis O Donovan
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    Feb 4th 2016, 1:22 PM

    When they say British citizens, do they new northern Irish? Would be good to get some clarification because I wasn’t aware any British citizen could register!

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    Mute Greg Kelly
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    Feb 4th 2016, 3:12 PM

    I am no Labour fan by any means but they did introduce aboloition of fees in the 90s. Before that nobody but the wealthy could go to college liek in the USA etc , so a lot of students may not know that when they are casting their vote to moan about FG and labour.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 3:11 PM

    Bad news for the elites

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    Feb 4th 2016, 5:02 PM
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    Feb 4th 2016, 5:04 PM

    “Croke Park will host the Asia Pacific Ireland Business Forum on Friday next July 13 and Taoiseach Enda Kenny will be the key note speaker at this event.
    Entitled ‘Asia Now – Maximising Current Business Opportunities for Irish Companies’ the forum provides an unrivalled network for Irish companies doing business in Asia.
    Last year’s event, which was also held at Croke Park, attracted more than 300 delegates and was addressed by An Tanáiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore. The forum has since paid special attention on informing Irish businesses about opportunities in Asia.
    This event is of particular interest to those looking to expand their business activities in Asia or those looking to explore opportunities in Asian tourism.
    The work of the forum has used the GAA’s network of clubs and business contacts both in the Gulf Region and Asia and forms part of the Annual Asian Games weekend.”
    http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/1/0607121657-croke-parkto-host-asia-pacific-ireland-business-forum/

    So the government were telling companies to leave here and that creates unemployment…
    https://www.dfa.ie/news-and-media/speeches/speeches-archive/2015/july/min-urges-businesses-to-seek-asia-opportunities/

    I wonder how they will vote???

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    Mute John R
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    Feb 4th 2016, 6:13 PM

    Michael investing overseas and exporting overseas are good for Ireland. If you applied a similar logic to overseas companies investing here Ireland would be an economic wasteland. Incidentally Irish companies are massive investors overseas and this feeds in to profit repatriation to Ireland.

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    Mute Michael Sands
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    Feb 4th 2016, 9:14 PM

    John R, they weren’t asking just to invest but to go there for cheap materials, cheap costs and for a cheap labour force. That would mean more unemployment here…
    “Minister Flanagan urges Irish businesses to seek new growth opportunities in Asia” It was China trying to nick businesses from here as RTE put it at the time. It is the same for the U.S. as Wall Street wanted businesses to leave the U.S. in order to have all manufacturing done in China due to cheap costs but all that does is creates more unemployment at home. You can not have a country without manufacturing jobs. It is manufacturing jobs that creates exports that creates taxes that prevents governments borrowing so much money then.
    http://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/the-trans-pacific-trade-tpp-agreement-must-be-defeated?inline=file
    What they wanted here was similar to TPP as it stands now before the TTIP and that was what the “Asia Business Week” was all about.

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    Mute Mary King
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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:33 AM

    It seems that they have a limited agenda ie free fees, if that’s the case the fact that they use their vote will take no account of other serious issues.

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    Mute Donna Moss
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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:15 AM

    I’m not asking anyone to justify their vote. If you are proud of your politics and candidate then what’s the problem? it still won’t help SF get what they want. Students are lead by free speech and protests etc.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 11:11 AM

    I’m not asking anyone to justify their vote. If you believe in your candidate then what’s the problem? We know where the student vote goes but it will not be enough to get SF what they want.

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    Feb 4th 2016, 12:39 PM

    The great hope for the future….NOT!!! “You mean I have to be on the register before I can vote?”… Daaw!!! I surprised they managed to drag themselves out from between their DNA soaked sheets to actually register. ” Can my mammy not so it for me? “…..

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    Feb 4th 2016, 5:18 PM

    Are SF/IRA paying them €100 to register ? They have the money and students need the money. Photo proof of your vote is easy.

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    Mute Kathleen Boyce
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    Feb 5th 2016, 9:54 AM

    And a lot of them will get locked on Thursday night and fail to vot next day

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    Mute Michael Murphy
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    Feb 4th 2016, 1:15 PM

    Let’s not forget many of these students probably won’t even get to vote thanks to the absolute shambles of a system controlling our electoral register. Typical that people will probably end up disenfranchised just because the backlog won’t be cleared or because it’s in certain parties interests to gerrymander the results by not allowing them a vote.

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    Mute Oisín Neary
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    Feb 5th 2016, 3:53 AM

    Umm, what?? I didn’t have to get mine signed by anyone???

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