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GARDAÍ HAVE CONFIRMED that a body has been discovered in the search for missing man Michael Flynn (74) in Dublin.
The discovery was made in the Ticknock area of Dublin and the search has been stoood down.
[This article was updated on 23 September.]
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Not surprised the Greens are down in the polls but I am surprised they are not down by more. What have they done since they came in? In government they have gone against everything they stood for by supporting funding for greyhound racing. They are there to warm seats and vote with the government on everything. They a spineless shell of a party that promises much to the electorate but delivers nothing once in government.
@Teresa O’Halloran: Much they same as the rest of them really,all promise till they get your vote,then they don’t belong for getting who put them there,power and greed win every time.
@Pauline Fedigan: promises and manifestos are only any good if you get an majority, after that it’s compromise when in government
@Tim Pot: I take that on board, but from the point of animal welfare- what have they done?
@Tim Pot: we must have been asleep when all that happened… Much like the greens leader zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
@Teresa O’Halloran: MOS poll just released showing greens down 1, SF level with FG…:
Fine Gael 28 (-5 in six weeks)
Sinn Féin 28 (-1)
Fianna Fáil 17 (+3)
Social Democrats 5
Labour 4 (-1)
Greens 4 (+1)
Aontú 4 (+1)
Solidarity-PBP 2 (-1)
Inds/others 7 (+2)
@Tim Pot: Don’t worry lad, the Greens will get a dose of weed killer at the next election and crawl back under their eco rock for a goo10 years.
According to MOS poll Sinn Fein also have the highest number of anti-vaxxers.
@Jane: well done Jane, you were sure to find some good news there.
@Jane: Have you a link to that specific result in the MOS poll because I can’t find it!?
I voted for SF and I 100% support the public health advice and guidelines and NPHET and I support vaccines also!
@Nuala Mc Namara: You voted Sinn Fein!! Now that has really taken the wind out of my sails this dull Sunday morning.
@Franny Ando: I will vote for hem again too plus the SDs!
Unfortunately I voted for the Greens too but won’t again!
@Teresa O’Halloran: you clearly haven’t seen that new bin somewhere up the country that they fought tooth and nail for :) cowboys ted everyone of them
@Nuala Mc Namara: them
@Nuala Mc Namara: @NextIrishGE have it on twitter
@Angela McCarthy: so we’re only suppose to look at what is positive for SF is that it?
As a SF supporter are you not concerned about the amount of anti vaxxers among your cohort? Might be an idea for McDonald to come out publicly and back the science once a vaccine has been approved. Knock the naysayers within the party and supporters back on their heels.
@Jane: You were asked for links to verify your claim, obviously you don’t have any proof, not surprising really among your cohort.
@Franny Ando: with 30% of voters joining Nuala, you wont have any wind left in your sails Franny
@Jane: Are you for real – cohort? I know why I support SF and Its not based on knowing why others do. Please explain to me why Mary Lou needs to come out publicly and back science of vaccines?
your logic would seem to suggest that Leo’s gaffe about Irish people living on the other side of the border the other day, mirrored that of how all FG supporters felt on the matter.
@Frank Cauldhame: ah Frank I had some difficulty adding the link here. I’m sure you’re able to look up twitter?
According to Cambridge dictionary one of the meanings of cohort is
‘a person or a group of people who support a particular person, usually a leader’
Try not to be so sensitive.
@Angela McCarthy: Angela the poll suggests 45% of SF supporters won’t take the vaccine, That’s a concern. What would be the problem with her backing the science?
@Teresa O’Halloran:
@journal
Not sure why my comment was removed? I was responding to the original poster on the question: what have the green party done now that they are part of government?
I stated the following three facts:
1) 100million has been provided for the midlands to support the ‘just-transition’ as we move away from peat production
2) The heritage funding in the recent budget has been increased by 50%
3) There is now 60 million available for greenways in 2021 compared to 50 million for the last 4 years combined.
All of these 3 items are a response to the 3-way ‘platform for government’ negotiations that took place when FF, FG and GP agreed to form a majority government. The nature of coalition governments is that no party gets all they want, compromises have to be reached.
@Teresa O’Halloran: the margin of error is +/- 3%. Technically, they might only be on 2% support.
@Jane: Spoofer !!!
@Frank Cauldhame: honestly it isn’t that hard to look up twitter.
@Jane: there would be no problem with Mary Lou backing the vaccine and Im sure she will along with all party leaders when the time comes to distribute the vaccine, but the tone of your earlier comments seemed to imply that SF was out of step with others and needed to make a public statement to clarify matters.
Its not as though SF was in support of the likes of those protesting against masks and lockdown measures – it was in fact very much the opposite. That said, Im sure there were people on all those protests who would be supporters of all political parties!
@Angela McCarthy: David Cullinane has put a post up on twitter strongly backing vaccinations to his credit. He doesn’t seem to have a problem doing it..
Frank you’ll have to take my word for the post seeing as you’re not able to look up twitter.
@Jane: Its so simple to post a link that even you should manage it !!! Spoofer ;-)
@Jane: Yes,it is on Twitter like you said.Did you read my reply to you re context before it was deleted?
Context:Of the TOTAL voters who would take the vaccine,26.7% were FG voters,16.5% were SF voters,10% were FF voters,4.6% were Green Party voters,2.9% were SD voters,2.7% were Labour voters,etc
@Angela McCarthy: I did not imply SF leadership is out of step but going by that poll it’s supporters are. Only 55% of SF supporters would take a COVID vaccine compared with 91% of GP voters, 89% Lab, 83% FF. I think its fair enough to expect the leadership of SF to encourage their voters to get on board with something so important.
Would you not agree?
@Tim Pot: Will the Green Party ensure that the 2016 stalled Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) Referendum Bill be progressed so that the public can democratically vote on it?
@Frank Cauldhame: Frank the phone won’t let me post the link for some reason. It doesn’t make me a spoofer, it does makes me in need of a new phone perhaps.
Why do you feel the need to get shitty because someone doesn’t agree with your views?
@Jane: Who’s being insensitive now?
Your argument is invalid, period. Its based on an apparent tweet that was apparently deleted. Do the maths.
@Nuala Mc Namara:
Nuala my old sparring partner! I have no idea. Considering they were among the first, (the first I think) to suggest the referendum one would assume they would at least be in favour. However, if not expressly in the platform for government I wouldn’t hold my breadth. And its not. However this is:
Retain Irish Water in public ownership as a national, standalone, regulated utility.
• Ensure Irish Water is sufficiently funded to make the necessary investment in drinking water
and wastewater infrastructure.
• Mandate Irish Water to develop plans to ensure security of supply and sufficient capacity in
drinking and wastewater networks to allow for balanced regional development.
@Frank Cauldhame: and now you’re just making stuff up. The tweet was not deleted. Why say that when it’s so easily checked?
Why is it so hard to hear any criticism of SF? Even valid criticism?
Why do you want to replace a crowd that don’t like being questioned with a crowd you don’t want questioned? If you really want change surely being open to questions and criticism is important? I really don’t understand it
@Tim Pot: It’s Joan Collins’s Bill not a Green Party Bill!
So will the Green Party support Irish Water coming under the jurisdiction of the C&AG and therefore under PAC?
@Jane: Now you’re assuming my political allegiances on top of backing up a statement using a tweet (with no link) as verifiable proof. I suppose you also use Wiki as a valid reference point too?
Quit digging and stop being so dramatic, its only an internet forum ;-)
@Frank Cauldhame: you’re looking silly now Frank.
Why did you say the tweet was deleted when it wasn’t?
Why don’t you want any transparency around SF but you insist (rightly) on transparency around FG and FF?
I’m a little surprised that Labour are only on 3%. Alan Kelly has been good since he took over the party and to the forefront in taking the government to task.
@Phil O’ Meara: yes but people still remember when they threw their voters under a bus between 2011 -2016. He is very good in opposition and there he should stay.
@Phil O’ Meara: Yes, but he is still Alan Kelly and they are still the Irish Labour party, opposition socialists, but Ireland’s version of Thatcherites once they are in government.
@Phil O’ Meara: he is the best option we have. Genuinely good guy. Hopefully he will work with government to take the SF vote down.
@Phil O’ Meara: The first thing Alan Kelly did when he got the leader position was turn on Sinn Féin. Had to be reminded he was an opposition party. He’s yet another centre-right Labour party leader that Ireland does not want.
@Phil O’ Meara: Probably because he was all for a Water Tax.
@Gareth Murran: he is all you have. Labour’s vote was eaten into by SF and now by the Soc dems.
@Phil O’ Meara: Alan Kelly is terrible
@David Connell: so we’re SF, they voted for water charges both at national level and EU level
@Phil O’ Meara: Kelly is barking at the govt on any and all issues. its hard to tell whats a real problem now or just point scoring. the GP whatsapp text issue looked like some form of stitch up. doctors recieved a report about doctors so what
@Gareth Murran: His problem is that there are already several stronger Anti-Sinn Féin parties and labour let down its traditional supporters when it sided with FFG over the water charges.
There is no future for a party that has no policies or principles of its own.
@Phil O’ Meara: His past and the Labour party’s record in colition with F.G. still resonates with a large section of the electorate. The arrogance and sometimes glee of Gilmore , Rabbite, Howlin, Burton,Kelly in supporting every austerity measure interduced. Howlin, Kelly only had a road to Damascus moment when so called Labour were wiped out at the poll’s.
@Gareth Murran: Well Kelly was more Blueshirt than the Blueshirts. That should come naturally to him.
@Phil O’ Meara: he’s not at the forefront in reality. They’ve been given a lot of airtime by RTÉ that doesn’t reflect their diminished status. The public recognise the hypocrisy of a party they facilitated Fine Gael’s social wrecking ball and see RTE’s cynical propping up of Labour Party for what it is.
@Phil O’ Meara: Not too mention the fact that RTE never has him off the TV. An incredible amount of exposure for a party with only 6 TDs
@Brian Madden: That statement shows your complete lack of knowledge regarding Irish politics.
@Phil O’ Meara: Alan Kelly is the strongest opposition voice in the Dail at present. He is clear, incisive and detailed in his questioning and delivery. It will take a little time but Labour will gain votes over the coming years with their socially inclusive policies.
@Phil O’ Meara: Ah yes, Alan “power suits me” Kelly… the man is a total bell end.
@Phil O’ Meara: He certainly talks the talk Phil, but few people have forgotten his anti-people attitude while defending water charges when he had a seat at the top table.
Labour will never get away with the things that FF/FG would, i,e U-Turns. Has anyone asked Kelly lately if he still believes water charges should be supprted by all socialist leaning parties?
@Gareth Murran: you have it in a nutshell there Gareth, Kellys heart and head is still with the tory establishment of FF/FG. voters will never forget that. Labour may double their percentage to 6% on a good day, but they will always find themselves on the future sidelines with the greens, as the greed caught up with them.
@For Goodness Sake: We’ve heard the great speeches from Labour before when they weren’t in Government and before General Elections BUT we’ve seen Labour in Government when Government’s legacy was ongoing National emergencies in health, housing and homelessness,no fight to get debt deal like the public was pledged, during that time also consistent poverty doubled,etc.
@David Van-Standen: Totally agree, Alan Kelly was the bully-boy who tried to force IW upon us. No thanks.
@Phil Quinn: “doctors received a report about doctors so what” interesting spin, Leo leaked sensitive confidential agreement to a mate so the mate could attempt to overthrow the body that government recognised to negotiate on behalf of GPs.
@Phil O’ Meara: it’s not about kelly it’s the brand there a one trick pony .
@Patrick O Connell: Donald Trump won the US 2020 Election. Now thats as factual as the statement you just made. SF has always opposed water charges right from the get-go in the 1980′s to the present.
Telling porkeys dont make them real!
@For Goodness Sake: Wrong, if lab are to survive they need to get rid of Kelly and any other lab politicians that were involved with that government which betrayed the people of Ireland. I for one won’t be forgetting the betrayal.
@Nuala Mc Namara: “National emergencies in health, housing and homelessness” – you must be talking about SF in NI.
Of course your defence will be “its not our fault”. The areas where SF are strongest have the worst instances of Covid in NI. Leadership????
@For Goodness Sake: are you ignoring the crisis in health housing and homelessness here? NI can’t be compared. There is a major difference in the power sharing arrangement in NI, with minimal control and government in the south. Bit you know that of course.
@For Goodness Sake:
Apart from the experts in health, housing and homelessness stating same so did FG and FF!:Taoiseach(Varadkar) declares homeless and housing crisis a National Emergency’ in Journal.ie in March 2018!
:FF said re health that it was a National Emergency in 2018 as did doctors,nurses and Opposition politicians!
The Exit Poll after the General Election showed that health and homelessness/housing were the main reasons why people voted the way they did!
Your comment was a poor attempt at deflection!
@Nuala Mc Namara: You are an extremely poor historian if that is what you take from Labours last involvement in Government.
Labours Achievements in Government:
• Created a stable economy – no one expected that the economy and jobs would recover so quickly.
• Got people back to work by creating a strong growth situation.
• Got rid of the Troika.
• Worked to reduce cuts for lower incomes
• Saved the social welfare recipients from drastic cuts
Did everything go well. Of course not.
Now tell me about the great “work” SF are doing in NI! Probably the worst government in Europe under any heading.
I have never voted for Fine Gael before but credit where credit is due the only reason our small business has survived through COVID-19 is due to the government supports we have received initiated by Fine Gael………
@Sean Higgins: You would have received that support no matter which party was in power Sean.
@David Corrigan: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
@Sean Higgins: There would be no risk Sean. FG, FF, Labour or SF would have signed off on the supports your business received. There is simply no getting away from that.
I am glad your business is getting through these hard times though.
@David Corrigan: thanks mate.
@Sean Higgins: I’m not a racist but…..
It is easy for this to happen. SF do not have to make hard political, social or economic decisions. Hurlers on the ditch party.
@Irish big fellow: You’re dead right, how about we throw them into the game and see how they do? You are essentially a manager mocking players for not being on the pitch even tough you pick the team.
@Irish big fellow: we need a SF government for a couple of years to expose their complete ineptitude – when younger voters see how bad they are they will join FF at the bottom of the polls
@John Lyons: But ff/fg have already shown their complete ineptitude but the older voters seem to accept that and appear to be afraid to change. Why is that? Let’s keep the people we know are inept as opposed to trying someone else who may or may not be inept. Good logic and is part of the reason our country is run how it is.
@John Lyons: Ya John ye need them in Government? Pity ye FG’rs didnt think that last february when ye wouldnt touch them with a barge poll.
its just dawning on you now that the voters have a say too in who forms a government. – Donald Trump could have told you that!
@Fandandi: SF were the leading party in election votes in all age groups bar the over 65′s. Its not just young voters that wanted them in. The usual shower making a mess of their coalition with leaks and scandals when a Pandemic is about is giving SF a boost.
@Irish big fellow: We don’t know how SF will perform in government, however, we do know how FF and FG perform in government, and it’s a nightmare of corruption and ineptitude. Think it might be time to find out how SF will do.
Leo Varadkar’s recent obsession with SF seems to have given SF a boost at FG’s expense.
@John Dublin: I had a feeling that would happen tbh
@John Dublin: seriously John people don’t jump from voting FG to voting for SF. It’s a strange poll
@Jane: Well Jane, it seems that they do. Most people don’t care about SF’s past, they just care about their own present and their children’s future.
@Jane: there’s a good comment underneath that specific result which puts context on the voting:
:Of the 33% who would vote FG:81% would take vaccine:26.7% of voters who would take vaccine.
:Of the 30% who would vote SF:55% would take vaccine:16.5% of voters who would take vaccine.
Of the 12% who would vote FF:83% would take vaccine:10% of voters who would take vaccine.
:Of the 5% who would vote for GP,91% would take vaccine:4.6% of voters who would take vaccine.etc etc
Overall SF are the 2nd highest number of voters who would take the vaccine 16.5% with FG coming 1st @26.7%!!
Amazing results when the context is shown!!
I would take the vaccine!
@John Dublin: Yes John, and that obsession is motivated by a fear of SF taking the top spot in the next election. Could you imagine a situation where other left leaning parties also began to increase support before the next election, and we were looking at the possibility of SF leading administration that didnt include FG or FF?
It may not happen at the next election, but if SF was to come out on top, with say FG as runners up and FF support making them irellivant in government formation talks, the one thing we could be sure about regarding the next cabinet, is that Leo the spoofer/leaker wouldnt get away with undermining the Taoiseach like he does at present!
@Jane: you are wrong Jane – some people do and vice versa. Not all FG voters are of a staunch Blueshirt mentality, no more than all SF voters are republicans!
thanks be to god there always wrong
@Tommy the postman: Polls mean less than nothing at the moment, no sign of an election in on the horizon.
@Tommy the postman: thank god, if the
Polls reflected an election result in the morning,FF would be kingmakers.
@Patrick O Connell: Your funny…..did you write that with a straight face.
@Franny Ando: with dread
The revolution is happening, come on
@Hugo Bugo: in your head
@Margaret Mcgarry: a centre right , nationalist party, run from outside the state, pushing an agenda that never has to be tested, appealing to populist sentiment. Hardly revolutionary are they. Vote PBP a genuine left party not a bunch of free market apologists
@alan: so Alan does the pbp believe in partition if as you say their run from outside the state never heard the pbp mention this policy.very unusual language from someone who supposedly supports a socialist party.
Doesn’t matter, won’t be an election for a few years.
@D’oh: this coalition won’t last a few years.
@Brian Madden: oh it will. The majority of people in this country are quite happy with them. Until we have a viable alternative that doesn’t include SF they will get away with mistakes and transgressions.
@Brian Madden: Looking at the Greens, horrifically it just might last.
@Gareth Murran: once covid is sorted we are back to the other issues like homelessness and hospital waiting lists. The money tree will have dried up and FG will revert to type. We are already on our third agriculture minister and then theres the debacle over justice Wolfe. This government won’t last.
@Fred the Muss…: Fred, the tide is turning. Even you must see that. FFG’s inability to organise a pi55 up in a brewery will turn more and more people towards SF. A SF led government is inevitable Fred.
@Fred the Muss…: I’m not a blind SF supporter. I gave them my number one in the last election for the first time. I’m prob more aligned to soc seems but I think SF should be given a chance. They will be in government, justice matter of when. FF I reckon will be a causality in the the future. Their base will be absorbed by other parties.
@Gareth Murran: the majority of people in this country are absolutely not in the slightest way happy with FFG what planet are living on here, the worst of all time
@Gareth Murran: I think the polls may show otherwise. Are you actually happy at letting this government get away with their myriad of mistakes and transgressions. That doesn’t reflect well on your character.
Mícheál Martin claimed in previous polls Fine Gael were high in the polls because of all the TV coverage. Now what excuse has he got for Fianna Fáil at 12%. Says all we need to know.
“Quick, get Young FG to make more videos attacking SF. They’re up our holes here!”
@Peter ‘Nocky’ Naughnane: I read about that nonsense in the Irish Independent recently. It had to be the saddest thing I ever read.
Non surprised when you got FG constantly giving them airtime the last 6 weeks. Long may the obsession continue.
A B L T L = Anyone but Leo The Leak
@Tony Kennedy: your a good example of a shinner sorry SF supporter
@Margaret Mcgarry: grow up Mags, grow up.
@Margaret Mcgarry: so are you a good example of a FG supporter? happy to let corruption slide?
I think Mary Lou could do some good in a proper party
@talksense: she’s very articulate I’ll give her that, but I wouldn’t vote SF, rather not vote at all!
@talksense: Proper party? Oh you mean the FFG cartel? You’re having a laugh.
@Joan Featherstone: articulate no well rehearsed yes
@Joan Featherstone: if agree Joan. I have come from very little and worked incredibly incredibly hard to get to where i am today earning a decent living. I would NEVER jeopardise all my hard work by voting SF. Id rather burn the ballot in the vote centre than stick a preference next to a SF candidate
@talksense: She couldn’t hack it when she was in a professional setup.
@Margaret Mcgarry: yeah probably
@Eoin Jackson: Dont be silly, you would never burn your vote as FG would never get it then!
Quick….hire more FG shills to comment here!
@Tom Goss: take it easy Gerry
If the poll was done on here it would be 100% SF ahead judging by the nasty comments their voters put up
@Margaret Mcgarry: Do you not read the rantings of the usual FG fans on here?
@G Row.: Very difficult for Margaret to do that while she has her blinkers on.
@David Corrigan: A class thing with our Margaret i fear.
@G Row.: I think so.
@G Row.: class doesn’t come into it credibility transparency and integrity does
@Margaret Mcgarry:” Credibility transparency and integrity”.
And we are talking about FG here. Come on Margaret you have to be joking?
Surely you are not that gullible?
@Margaret Mcgarry: what nasty comments are SF supporters putting up? The only nasty, snide comments I’m seeing are from supporters of the muppet show that is ffg.
@Margaret Mcgarry: And nowhere would you find those attributes in Irish politics. Take your head put of the sand before you smother.
@Margaret Mcgarry: “credibility transparency and integrity” characteristics neither FF nor FG possess.
Fianna Fail going nowhere. need to get rid of Martin and his PD leaning pals, such as Darragh O Brien, and immediately force through a social house building programme. That will tackle the disgraceful n homeless issue and revitalise Fianna Fails standing in the community. They are now seen as sock puppets for te wealthy, Developers etc. This is confirmed by their capitulation to money interests in dealing with covid19. .
@Jim O’Sullivan: they always were, remember the ff tent at the galway races
I don’t really take stock in polls but if this is accurate I can see FG falling more as time goes on with all the Leo stuff and constant attack ads that just make them look ridiculous.
On line poll only so I would think not to many older voters who would vote ff and fg and Labour, hence a rise for sf and sd. Polls mean nothing
@finbarr walsh: so your saying all fg,ff & labour voters are computer illiterate pensioners.why do fg do all the trump videos on twitter so?
@matthew o reilly: He is not trying to say that. If you would actually read his comment and engage your brain for half a second, he is saying the poll was done online and therefore will be weighted heavily in favour of the opinions of a certain demographic. The older generations will certainly not be represented fairly in this poll due to how it was conducted (that is very obvious). The older generation also do seem to be a lot more supportive of FF and FG – oh and they always turn up to vote. That is what he is saying. The poll is not reflective of overall support. And he is 100% correct. Please think before you comment.
@finbarr walsh: Patronising prat. I am an older voter I regularly do polls and Shock Horror I know how to use the Internet. Now go have a lie down.
@Michael Mclaughlin: Well you’re wrong on all counts. SF are on the up because FFG have failed this state and more and more people are realising that. Your whole better the devil you know analysis is quite telling. The bang of FG off you is palpable lmfao
I thought Labour and SD would be higher, as the media seems to be giving them at least the same coverage as SF, pushing them as the main opposition.
Hardly a day goes by that I don’t thank God that SF is not in Government. Can you just imagine SF and a coalition of irrevelent independents and smaller parties trying to manage the current situation with Covid, Brexit and the like. SF are probably at their best dealing with ill advised golf dinners and electing judges, but the more serious issues should be left to the more experienced and more focused politicians.
Is this a perfect government? Definitely not, but they are doing a reasonable job, since they are not natural bedfellows. Certainly, such a coalition was unthinkable before the last election, but credit where credit is due.
@Des Ryan: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
@Des Ryan: Imagine if SF were in government and actually followed the health advice rather than watering down? Imagine building housing at cost rather than subsidising developers? yeah, your right we are far better off overpaying for hospitals and broadband infrastructure and getting worse and worse services. Be mad having a government actually governing for the population of the country rather than vulture funds and large multinationals. I mean where would we be then, children eating off plates in their own home rather than off cardboard in the street, the very thought of such madness is hard to bear, I’m with you lets keep the corruption going.
@Des Ryan: the thing about that Des, is we can all imagine and we well imagine a better life and country without FF/FG and with SF.
A lot more people will today be thanking God because of where the polls are heading!
@JustMeHere:
Is that a considered and well thought out SF response or did your two fingers just get stuck in the keyboard?
@Gearóid Ó Tuama: To be fair Gearoid its more a sign of the opposition parties available than the society we live in. I am sure many are still with FG be grudgingly because they do not want to vote SF because their policies are pie in the sky populists mantra where the sums don’t add up when you put them on paper (please i do not want to be attacked by the SF supporters for this, please ignore and move on) – but that is why their approval rating is as high as it is really, its more the lack of a viable alternative than FG support i would believe.
@Eoin Jackson: Did the sums add up when FF bankrupted the country – or when FG destroyed housing and health and drove a homeless crisis?
@G Row.: you are on this comment thread being sympathetic to SF, therefore i assumed you are were like a lit of others on here and an in your face SF supporter, apologies for pre-judging and stereotyping you! However, to respond to your comment I am just repeating myself really. There is no viable opposition for a lot of the country’s who do not want to vote SF and are unhappy with FF and FG, hence the high “support”. And it does seem to come as a surprise to SF supporters (again i am not necessarily saying you) that the majority of the people in the ROI actually do not want a SF led government, at all!
@Eoin Jackson: Over 100 Years of the same crony culture of FF and FG.
I don’t believe Sinn Fein are the answer either but the recent blatant cronyism has to stop.
Too many turning a blind eye. Too much gravy about.
@G Row.: yet SF have had a string of issues with everything from IRA chanting TDs upon election, to funeralgate, to senators partying in Lanzarote during a pandemic, to overseeing the Covid disaster in NI, to donation capping dodging, to attempts to defraud the taxpayer in NI of £30K and we are led to believe that this is a credible alternative. All of these issues and they are only in opposition having hid for most of the Covid crisis. No thanks.
@GrumpyAulFella: good man yerself ,keep the pilfering of the country going, I’m not effected so everyone else can go sh!te
@GrumpyAulFella: Wow, how deluded are you? NI executive is not a normal functioning parliament and powersharing with the DUP is borderline unworkable and you know it. FG overseeing the absolute catastrophe that is the National Children’s Hospital gone from €600 million cost to over €2 billion. FG and other TDs attended the funeral of that Garda murdered in the summer. FG continues to preside over massive health and homeless failures. What donation capping dodging? You’re absolutely clueless. Also, Golfgate? Corrupt appointments to Supreme Court? Leo the leak handing over contracts to his mate? You’d want to take a hard and long think before casting aspersions in future because you just made a complete knob of yourself.
@JustMeHere: Ha. Can’t believe you posted that and called me deluded. Attempting to deflect using a golf outing and the attendance at the funeral of a brave member of our police force, the same police force who have been murdered by the paramilitary wing of the main opposition party in the south, a party whose leaders attended the funeral of a leader of that paramilitary wing, is farcical. SF hold 1 less seat than the largest party in NI. Trying to wash their hands for them of all governance in that state is also farcical. Better to have direct rule if that is the case.
@GrumpyAulFella: Your a real fan lad. Waste of time trying to change people like you.
Your loss.
Can’t wait until Leo gets back it will be hilarious on here with all the devotion.
@GrumpyAulFella: I’m certainly not a S.F supporter but even you must be beginning to question the carry on in our govt. The complete success of dividing the country over covid by ridiculous contradictory restrictions. Constantly blaming the populace and pubs for the spread of covid even though they most certainly caused the second wave by turning a blind eye and covering up cases in the meat industry to protect their cronies in the industry. Leo’s less than sincere apology for his leak of a confidential govt doc to his friend, the ridiculous scenario over the ag minister, the ongoing debacle that is the health system, children’s hospital, homelessness. Golf Gate, Séamus Woulfe appointment, Brian Hayes, allowing the disgraceful scalping by the banks the list just goes on and on
@G Row.: ha yeah. Anyone who isn’t a SF fanboy is a Blueshirt. Like a broken record at this stage. The default strategy for any shinner who is challenged on SF antics is to call the challenger a Blueshirt.
@GrumpyAulFella: why- do you guys have a different name for Blueshirts? Do you not have default strategies? Shinners seem to have no problem calling themselves shinners!
@GrumpyAulFella: does the virus know the difference between which funeral you attend?
Are Burgerking doing home deliveries does anyone know?
@Noel Donohue: Ha ha,brilliant, sums it all up alright.
On 20th September the Irish Examiner reported a new Sunday Times/Behaviour and Attitudes poll showing 32%support for Sinn Fein. 30% is a nominal drop on that but within the margin of error. However even given this the headline by any interpretation is misleading!
Great day for the parish
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