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The Daily PollSPECULATION OVER WHEN the Government will call a general election continues to mount.
Will it be November? Or February? Or a date in between?
Everyone has a theory on when the election will be, but some are more informed than others.
Legally, one has to be held by March 2025 – when the current Government will reach its five-year limit – but many people think an election will be called as sooon as the Budget legislation is passed.
We want to hear from you: When do you want the general election to be held?
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I don’t mind once it doesn’t interrupt Calamity Lou sinking SF!
@honey badger: it’s a meltdown of quite spectacular proportions. What the hell is going on with them?!
@Alan OConnor: Who cares?! :)
@Alan OConnor: Two TD’s saw themselves as being beyond reproach, good riddance to bad news.
@honey badger:
You do.
@honey badger: people who have had their opportunities and quality of life completely interrupted by years of fine Gael
@honey badger: Short term pain long term gain, as shown four years ago. Getting rid of T.D’s without sacking them who believe that they are beyond reproach is for the best, remind me of the media’s reaction to Stanley’s unwise social media about Varadkar and now he’s the victim despite quitting Sinn Féin over an internal inquest, only the Irish media could make him or Ryan seem like the victim but we’ll take it, not only do Sinn Féin have to fight against political opponents but also the media who believe they are allowed to say whatever they want with no evidence and not face the cosequences in court, their legal right.
@Brian D’Arcy: the media’s fault? You actually believe that? SF is an utterly dysfunctional party. Whatever about FFG, at least you know what you’re getting. SF are
Totally unreliable. Like bold children who can’t get along.
@Alan OConnor: if you think SF is the dysfunctional party then you really do have that sentimental, keep the gangsters in mentality. Even recently enough much of Fgs behaviour clearly shows their contempt for the public look at their hospital. Look at children and mental health wait lists and specialists emigrating. Look how the FFG health service advertised to foreign specialists despite their being an embargo in place to close off opportunities to applicants here. If you vote for FFg despite what you’re saying, your judgement is very very questionable
@honey badger: enough garbage out of you. Constant drivel rhetoric.
@Alan OConnor: It gets better every day….. The party that keeps on giving!!
@S Suilleabhain: I don’t vote FFG. I also understand the meaning of the word dysfunctional. Nothing you wrote relates to that at all.
@Brian D’Arcy: So your happy to see Stanley go, we get what your saying. What about Mc Monagle & the other two, any comment on that. Any comment on Maria Cahill or is it all selective & the fault of media or whoever. There is a clear dysfunction in your party that is continually coming to the fore. Any party & I mean any party in Dail Eirinn covering up this kind of behavior or corruption needs to be outed. That’s what’s wrong with politics in Ireland & why people no longer trust any of them, even SIPO this week, the oversight body was exposed.
@honey badger: And all self-inflicted!
@Alan OConnor: Jesus wept. I agree in a different way, since dysfunctional was being gentle.
@Brian Hunt: Weird that they waited until Stanley resigned before deciding it was serious enough to go to the gardai. What was the delay all about? Not a normal party.
@honey badger: trying to fix the shambles the current government have the country in
@S Suilleabhain: fact is that there’s no other credible party apart from FF and FG.
SF cannot run their own party, never mind the country. As for the other Loony Left & Greens- try focusing n Irish people, the ones that pay your wages.
Of course, we always have the compliant Independents (with a few notable exceptions).
@Brian D’Arcy: Sinn Fein had a fair proportion of their vote that came from people who did not realise that they are a left wing generally pro immigration party. They mistook all of the IRA stuff for what would normally play out on the right wing. The 23 Nov last year when the riot broke out in Dublin that day was the day they were sunk. Those people finally realised the parties stance on immigration. It was going to happen at some point but 12 months before a general election was nightmare timing.
@Thomas Sheridan: not only Irish people pay taxes, immigrants do too. Over 70% of doctors are immigrants here, thanks to glocalism! Watch a film called White Bird to see where your hatred leads to, and see which side you would have supported.
Doesn’t make much difference because the sheep will vote in the same government.
@cup of tea: Ah yes, the people will disgrace themselves again.
Democracy is a pain isn’t it?
@Bert Carolan: They are all sheep who don’t agree with the cup a tea…
@cup of tea: Calling people sheep says more about you and the people who vote for the opposition than those you are calling sheep. Earlier in the year there were a lot of snide remarks about rats leaving a sinking ship when FF and FG TDs were saying they were stepping down from public life. Are they staying or leaving the SF shrinking ship.
@cup of tea: and youth will be gone… So we stay surrounded with only migrants… Why is foult then…
@A W: I spend every day with my migrant wife. I’m all for it.
@cup of tea: wow the sheep can vote now what about the cows do they get a vote
@Vincent Alexander: calling people who elected in the very same kind of people (literally in many cases) into regions of Ireland who left an economic wasteland behind there after 2009 sheep, is a perfect fit.
@Bert Carolan:
It’s laughable to call anything democracy when the vast majority of political candidates worldwide in any country are sworn capitalists. We get poorer, they get richer…but every election we flock to vote for our own misery.
We could have been different. People like James Connolly wanted us to be different. Sadly we are not.
@GoodBrother: So most candidates in a democracy are capitalists? Maybe so but what would you do about that? Ban capitalists running for office?
We vote for our own misery you say, to read the journal comments section you would indeed conclude that there is enormous misery in the country but maybe that’s not reflected in the general public. Lots of people eat out, have nice cars, nice homes, go on holiday. Maybe they’re actually miserable but just think they’re happy, I don’t know.
As for Connolly, well that’s an interesting point. Would his ideas have been popular in a country like Ireland?
I’m not saying that democracy is perfect but it’s better than anything else.There will be an election and the people will have their say. To dismiss that is dangerous arrogance.
@S Suilleabhain: 2009 was a world financial crisis and any of the opposition parties would have handled the crisis worse.
@Vincent Alexander: yeah no it wouldn’t necessarily have been close to as bad as that. it wasn’t for people in many other European countries. Great to have your recurring confidence in FFG though..aren’t they just brilliant and not at all disgusting! X
@S Suilleabhain: FF and FG are not brilliant or disgusting but far superior to what the opposition has to offer.
need to find out who agent Cobalt is first…can’t be voting for traitors
@Finian McG: Thought the Oirechtas was very blase about the issue.Dont know what they thought was so funny when they gave their little speeches during the week.
@Sean Buckley: no accountability in public office in Ireland
@Sean Buckley: That was embarrassing in fairness .
@Sean Buckley: Those who made a mockery of it in the Senate & on the Tonight show were absolute Clowns, ironically when it’s intelligence they are after, the Clowns in the Senate would be the last they would approach, given how thick they are.
Sinn Fein going down!
@Ben F: No doubt. It is very strange that a matter that was considered serious enough to be passed to the Gardai was delayed by 3 months while SF “investigated” it themselves. They haven’t learned anything. They deserve this collapse.
@honey badger: i reckon he was named in the puff daddy law suit after being at one of the white suit parties lol
What difference does it make. They are all as bad as each other. The country is a mess.
@David Fox: The amazing success of Ireland really bothers some. Nit picking is valid but wanting destruction of society is not the answer.
@thomas molloy: wha? We are 200 plus billion in debt. FFFG all say we are wealthy, bs we are broke and want to solve everyone else’s problems.
@thomas molloy: you’re completely out of touch with reality if you think we look like an economic success right now. Rural Ireland returned a huge amount from a party that wrecked the economy and left the same regions, such as the North west and Midlands an economic wasteland in 2009 – in the GE those ‘loadsa money’ gangsters in Monaghan were returned.electiion eyesore posters up for and from a government which lectures weekly now on how the climate will end the world in 10 years etc. anytime for a budget or something for the EU that invariably wont benefit Ireland we have anti democrats on speaking on behalf od the irish people. Fine Gael might as well speak on behalf of the Nepalese they understand that much. Housing crash incoming and a billion on a hospital most expensive new one in the world. what we are, is an absolute laughing stock.
@David Fox: ” a mess”! The recent budget gave about €1,000 back to the average single worker and a job for all who want one.
The sooner suits all concerned. SF in free fall under inept leadership and unworkable policies so the earlier the better so they don’t lose more, FG on the up FF holding firm, everyone else taking from SF vote to fracture whatever possible chance of a non FG and FF government. The fact SF aren’t even running enough candidates to get a majority says a lot about their will to actually govern.
@Anthony Curran:
At the moment neither FG or FF are running enough candidates for a majority.
To be fair, both parties haven’t finished selections.
@Anthony Curran: FFg ‘holding firm’ according to one of the most biased mainstream media lot in the developed world. Ordinary people have their say thrown out and many people voicing opposition to the direction the country’s going are just immediately abused and demoralised. Fg FF have no business NO BUSINESS being in government this long
@S Suilleabhain: Democracy just isn’t for you then, is it?
@S Suilleabhain: democracy elects them. Says a lot about the state of the opposition
@Ian: fine Gael FF are in government but we should have a SF FF government. That is a reflection of the votes cast. If you’re too stupid and/or blinkered to grasp it, that’s your problem you infant.
@S Suilleabhain: You are obviously a simpleton.
@S Suilleabhain: And you seriously believe FF and SF could find sufficient common ground on which to bring the country forward??? Sf are a party of dubious individuals who wouldn’t be able to run a GAA raffle much less the country. Leave it to the adults !!
@chris gaffney: thanks to people like you fg FF are in power over 100 years and with a GAA ie rural, totally backwards mentality where inaction and corruption thrive
They have a date and aren’t saying. Had canvassers call at the door yesterday and plenty of bus stops with political ads on them too
@Mick O’K: Yeah, same where I am. For a government that they claim will go the distance, they are rolling out the propaganda pieces very early.
@Pat Barry: truth telling = absent propaganda= plentiful. Shame sh!t different day with this lot
@Pat Barry: propaganda drives the political narrative in Ireland as well as cute hoorism. At the end of the day people here have fallen for the bribes before and especially rurally in advance of election time, how many times have North tipp people returned Michael Lowry? It’s a fear, parish pump driven behaviour. I’m not buying the hysteria around SF just yet with the years of pro fine Gael propaganda weve had – despite the fact I fundamentally disagree with them on many things they’ve been doing especially their inaction and false claims to be set to do something different around immigration
@S Suilleabhain: So SF doesn’t do propaganda. Thy are the one party that tried to manipulate social media with name calling and exaggerating problems in healthcare and housing. Their performance in NI is abysmal. SF is a northern party for a northern mentality. Irish unity is their only objective and to hell with the economy or civil disorder.
@Vincent Alexander: Pure drivel as usual from you..This government has continually engaged in propaganda.. which in part is defined as selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular perception.. FFG have engaged in this in every department. Their homeless figures are a joke.. as are their housing and healthcare stats and they’ve been caught out time and time again when their ‘ stats ‘ are fact checked. This on top of the fact they spend millions of tax payers money each year on special media advisors.. but hey you keep championing a goverment that throws our money around like drunken loons on a stag in Vegas.. 12,000 euro they spent on gourmet coffee beans last year.. they’ve expensive taste these lads.. not surprised half of them coming from Charvet shirt Charlie’s stable ..
@Brian: I didn’t say FF or FG didn’t promote their parties. It’s the way SF tries to manipulate social media that was highlighted. Looking at the Journal, how many obnoxious comments are posted about government ministers with unsavoury name calling. The number of thumbs up the posts get is totally unrelated to SF’s standing in the polls. As regards to media consultants at least they appear more honourable than the SF press officers
It is not good for Sinn Fein time
Green Party need a good hiding. Please please give us that at least
@Raymond Dennehy: Why?
@Brendan’s mother:
A very good question, I’m no lover of the Greens, most of their policies are unrealistic in the extreme, but most of the unpopular laws they have brought in were coming from EU directives anyway.
The next government, even if SF is there, will continue much the same environmental policies.
Simon will definitely be Taoiseach after the General election, no doubt about it.
@Brendan’s mother: a sinister and creepy politician in the works. Has all the hallmarks to be just as much of a gaslighter as Helen but come to think of it as long as it’s not Helen. Harris got in on the 15th count but that was has absolutely no business being in politics
@S Suilleabhain: ah yes, you are the eejit that doesn’t understand our PR-STV electoral system.
@Brendan’s mother: I am neither an eegit nor do I not understand our political system. You have all the hallmarks of my very damaged mother’s awful life partner. He is as belligerent and centre right as you are.
@S Suilleabhain: you are a gobdaw
@Brendan’s mother: that’s a mighty fine mirror you have there what did it set you back
By the way I reported you for calling me a paedophile over the internet.
It’s good to see Brian Stanley jump ship from sf. He is a good man and works hard for his constituency. I have voted sf in the past but now I will vote anyone but fffggsfpbpsd. Not alot left but thems are the breaks in Ireland now.
@Gavin Smartr: likes children
@Gavin Smartr: He did trojan work in the PAC. His insight and clarity were a breath of fresh air. To wit:
Mr. Noel Kelly: “I have worked with NK Management and CMS for 26 years and before that, I worked for Cadbury. Before Cadbury…”
Brian Stanley: “What was Mr. Kelly selling for Cadbury?”
Mr. Noel Kelly: “Chocolate.”
Sinn Fein in very much trouble, they don’t want one now.
@Brendan’s mother: Everyone, especially the poor and those dependent on social welfare knows that the tax money for welfare, health, schools is only there in a successful economy. Letting populist begrudgers destroy it is not an option.
Sinn Féin imploding around us. A lot if people here just wish FF/FG/G would disappear. Soc Dem and Lab remaining?
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill:
Agree, if you are a centre right voter but think FF and FG are too incompetent or corrupt the options are very very limited.
@P. J.: try not being centre right. You might just make a difference to the country it’s the centre rights fault people are living hand to mouth, will never own a home, are screwed for healthcare or to get out of.precarious employment and emigration has picked up. The scandals are the fault of the establishment and those who back them.
@S Suilleabhain:
Nope, you are asking me to vote for economic policies I completely disagree with to remove FFG.
I would love to see the back of them, but not at any cost.
@P. J.: Economic policies you fundamentally disagree with, what about if you purposely misunderstood some? Recently a flier was even sent out to homes with a robust and sensible housing policy as proposed AGAIN by Eoin obroin. You literally don’t even have to click onto the internet despite the fact you’re already on it.
@S Suilleabhain: It a sensible housing policy for you, not everyone agrees. The SF plan is to go back to councils building with direct labour which will increase the costs and reduce the numbers delivered (look at the majority of the recent public service projects delivered). Of course once these workers are employed we are then stuck with them as they won’t be able to be got rid of. The only housing policy that will work is to only allow Irish and EU citizens access to housing supports. If you look at this years numbers we will build ~33k units, we have taken in ~25k IPA’s (which are mainly unskilled), if even half of these IPA applicants are given leave to stay you are looking at the state needing to provide ~13k social housing units for them. So while the current government parties may not be the solution we need neither is SF, whos plans, if brought in, would actually make the situation worse.
@S Suilleabhain:
SF housing policy??
Don’t make me laugh!! I work in the building sector, every builder we have is flat out busy and we are building 33k units, who is going to build all these extra houses??
To be fair, FG’s suggestion of 50k units was only slightly less ridiculous but that SF then decided to say they will build 60k per year was auction politics of the highest order.
How very FFFG like.
@P. J.: the differences are literally akin to chalk and cheese. Fgs housing policy is regressive,corporate and destroying the country for many people. If you study it a little harder there are really achievable things in the SF policy and for me Fg are still impression managing on the most serious issues. They’re so concerned with how they look abroad and about the superficial that they’re carrying on with the same s*** that has led PJ by the way to 54% of under 40s still living at home with Mum and Dad.
@S Suilleabhain:
A whole lot of waffle with no attempt to answer the question I asked.
Who is going to build these extra houses???
I’m asking that question to every canvasser that comes to my door, 2 so far including 1 government TD.
Yet to get any serious attempt to answer so I have just shut the door after about 20 seconds of rambling bs from both of them.
@P. J.: at least 54% of young Irish people living at home instead of independently of their parents, isnt waffle and is a major FFG driven problem. Not going to debate with you, I would have but after calling my reply waffle.
@S Suilleabhain: You seem to live in a different Ireland than me, and im working class.I live in a great country.
@S Suilleabhain:
More WAFFLE.
Who is going to build the houses?
@Daniel Roche: you’re unaffected by the myraid of public service scandals and suffering from fffg so you believe its a grand aul country. It’s far from it.
STRAIGHT AWAY !! I WANT THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND TO PUNISH THIS GOVERNMENT SO BADLY.
@M G: you are going to be very disappointed if the polls are a reflection of how the country will vote
@M G: Don’t hold your breath!!
Why journal do you keep asking
@John Kenny:
Because it gets lots of clicks.
Name and shame cobalt
@Jb Walshe: That whole expose shows up what a shot show this Govt is. The Tanaiste & Minister for Defence says he knows nothing about it & nobody briefed him, the guy he is supposed to be the leading the country with, Taoiseach Simon Harris, goes live telling us about Cobalt, but then as usual sits back & takes no action, surely if these people are active, protecting our country comes first & this person should be exposed & charged. Are we going to have the shot show that this person runs in the election, what a mess, Micheal Martin & Simon Harris incapable of leadership.
@SV3tN8M4: I completely agree with you,crazy that this is happening and not one of them is jumping up and down about this..and where are the Garda ?
@Jb Walshe: yet people across this very thread are so brainwashed from years of the centre right, my bad decades that they appear happy to comply with the FG tactic of ‘look over there at them though’ most of em haven’t watched a minute of the oireachtas since 2020 and the unbelievably cowardly behaviour towards any of those who challenge them for their ineptitude and harm causing. They get very nasty when this is pointed out.
@Jb Walshe: aah, leave SF they have enough problems!
Let s do it quick get this government back in after all done. Putting Irish people first and what its done to our economy and for health and housing. People giving out about sinn fein yet its ff and fg thats destroyed our country’s economy.
The biggest piece of Misinformation ever, the dogs on the street know it’s going to be a November election. Harris loves throwing out the Misinformation label, the irony of him been guilty of it, shows what’s going for Election. There is no party in Dail Eirinn, in Cabinet or Opposition who the people trust or believe in, people have lost faith & trust in mainstream politics & Irish institutions. The apathy is massive, people no longer engage, people no longer believe & we no longer have real leaders in Ireland in any party capable of real leadership. We are going to have the same carry on from RTE to the NCH, nothing will change, it will actually get worse. Real change will only occur when people take to the streets to get their message across.
Complaint made end of July, Mary Lou contacts Gardaí only after an embarrassing resignation but she presents this as a pious virtue……. Nobody is buying it Mary Lou
RTE news : Stanley resigns from Sinn Féin over internal inquiry
http://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2024/1013/1475151-brian-stanley-resign/
Why the significant difference in headlines between RTÉ and The Journal i.e. RTÉ have stated why he stood down. Some in Sinn Féin believe that they are beyond reproach, how dare you investigate me or how dare you tell me what to past on Facebook. Every year members are warned about their Social Media activity but yet it doesn’t apply to some, Mé Féiners as independents they can be Mè Fèiners all they like, engaging in attack on ethnic minorities. A bad day when RTÈ are more accurate than you.
Elections, you mean another FF and FG celebration parade? Absolute joke. Cheers to another 100 years of FF and FG rule – enjoy the third world transportation system and multi billion hospitals.
Couldn’t care less. In order to get this stinking FFG/g cabal out of office you need the working class and unemployed to vote. They don’t vote in the numbers needed to remove these turds from office.
SF, by referring the “Brian Stanley investigation” to the gardai, is a classic move to shut down having an examination into their own behaviour.
@D Farrell: anyone remember the myriad of scandals Fg FF have caused, many on purpose and im not for a second doubting that Stanley must have done wrong. In many cases fg FF and some ‘independents’ stood by their own even when they were trying to defraud the taxpayer on purpose, for example Kate o connell and Regina supported and still support that swinggate wan.
Why even have an election, the same fools are going to get back in again anyway. Except the greens. They’ve destroyed the country.
@Steve Davis: You and fellow like-minded people should run for election.
@Steve Davis: can I vote for you?
@Brendan’s mother: can we vote for you to get lost?
@S Suilleabhain: of course you can, that’s democracy!
New government, same old nonsense!
There nothing wrong if the same people stay in the government. Political and economic stability is very important. The most important not to allow hateful far right=drug gangs to get in power on any level.
@Sergej Simonov: I agree. Let the current government back into power for say the next 3 or 4 terms and put the rest of them in a soundproof box!!
@Sergej Simonov: stability like when Fg FF conspired to impose the harshest possible austerity on people in 2008 and in the following decades, provide more and more anguish to working class people via society & healthcare while encouraging others to report anyone as dole cheats?
@S Suilleabhain: tens of thousands immigrants arriving in Ireland and finding good jobs, buying houses just after being several years in the country – they are the working class! Those from working class who for variety of reasons like recklessly throwing money around getting their rent paid through HAP. Where else people getting their rent paid by the government?! Total madness to call that a problem.The only people this government provide anguish to are drug gangs and low life far right bigots.
@Sergej Simonov: are you a good person?
Most don’t vote anyway. That said, while I live a good life without complaint, I’d love to see more get to this point too.
Great quote, what a great quote… Now, apropos of nothing – who else was absolutely floored that Ireland decided to extend mortgage interest relief (MIR)?
The measure costs about €125 million a year and has been largely derided by economists, who say it transfers money to the wealthy. (The details of how MIR works are explained here, but essentially it refunds part of the interest paid on mortgage loans up to a maximum value of €1,250 per homeowner.)
@North Phone Bowe:
Similar to MIR, it was also extended in Budget 2025, and will now operate to the end of 2029.
The amount of taxpayer money being poured into this scheme has been rising year-on-year, going from €50 million in 2017 to about €200 million in 2022.
Extending it to the end of 2029 will result in likely more than €1 billion being spent on the initiative between now and then.
This is despite multiple independent reports from the likes of the ESRI think tank finding that HTB tends to go to people who are relatively well off financially and don’t need it. Ie. – a big part of the HTB spend is likely a waste of money.
@North Phone Bowe: An enormous amount of money has been poured into the scheme, with more than €2 billion spent on HAP payments over the last four years.
Critics have said the government has become increasingly reliant on the scheme as it is not building enough social housing, and have said the scheme has just funnelled cash from the state toward private landlords for little long term benefit.
This view received further weight during the week, when a Public Accounts Committee report said that HAP payments don’t provide value for money and recommended that the government should instead be focused on ramping up social housing delivery
@North Phone Bowe: if there was ever a need for an election and a dire need for policy change, which FFG will never deliver, these 3 points from earlier journal article scream it. Only SF can carry that change given the chance at next election.
@North Phone Bowe: Obviously ignoring the plagiarism, SF would spend more on HAP and other assistance for renters, they aren’t any different, it moot anyway as they won’t be in power.
@Paul O’Mahoney: have a look at the meaning of plagiarism, then read again where I clearly state the 3 points taken from an earlier post, therefore credits to original author.
@Paul O’Mahoney: where do you get the false assumption that SF will spend more on HAP. By promising to build more social housing the need for HAP payments will gradually reduce. Hardly a manifesto for continuous HAP billions.
@North Phone Bowe: thousands immigrants arrive in this country for work and buy their own house after being just several years in the country WITHOUT ANY HAP whatsoever!!!! Drug gangs can afford to pay their rent themselves. HAP should be abolished at all.
@North Phone Bowe: SF will not solve the housing issue, they said so themselves, for many years. Now HAP will continue to be paid for many years, and as rent is increasing, so will HAP , or are you saying that SF will stop paying HAP , because that’s the only way they can reduce it.
SF say they’ll build 60,000 houses a year , and nobody within the industry believes that’s possible given the constraints.
Again is moot they won’t be in government.
Only a p rick would vote for Fianna Fail
@Brendan’s mother: you support FF so.
Scam
Would a November election benefit the general public?
@Garreth Byrne: Probably not but I mean that budget was anything but a give away budget, Chambers actually stated that the cost of living package wouldn’t be as big as last years, increasing Social Welfare payments will increase prices and I personally got nothing from it, one months rent ajd that is if I pay enough tax to use it and no possibility of getting a house without the government recapitalising the banks hence allowing prices to increase and they call Sinn Féin’s, PBP’s or any other opposition parties economics voodoo, then again, who can say that only the ones that use such economics, for the minority, not the majority. Only 50% voted in the local and European elections, suits the establishment when it’s the only weapon we have to change things peacefully.
@Brian D’Arcy: you went to all the bother to type that? Lol
@Garreth Byrne: there should be a GE because there hasn’t been a GE here since COVID and that makes us a total exception in Europe. Even though compared to most of Europe, we are a total and unrivalled embarrassment.
@S Suilleabhain: Ah here we had an election just before the full effect of covid was known, our constitution lays down the rules regarding when an election has to be called, 5 years, the Toiseach can call an election at any time for a number of reasons and just because some countries in Europe have had elections isn’t a reason.
If you dislike our constitution so much perhaps Ireland isn’t for you.
@Paul O’Mahoney: does our constitution have anything written down about two parties getting together with many lies put out to the electorate as is, keeping a party with more votes than them out of talks about formation and then going on to further endanger the lives of little children and vulnerable people just like me ?? Even about basic rules pertaining to the rule of law, fine Gael are inconsistent. You are nasty and make assumptions that all bar you are wrong and ‘undemocratic’ regardless as to the circumstances & I absolutely can’t stand that come rumoured election times so many people with your mindset get to have your say.
@Paul O’Mahoney: *going on to further endanger… And then reinstall themselves using a minority of the votes in 2020. Ridiculous & an insulting waste of our democracy, MAN
@S Suilleabhain: The 3 coalition partners got slightly over 50% of 1st preference votes and 85 seats in the Dáil to give them a majority. If a majority of the electorate do not want a SF government they will not vote SF. The transfer voting system can be use to show whom to voters do not want to represent them.
@Vincent Alexander: I’m not going to argue with you, we should have had SF FF and we didn’t and that is not democracy.
@S Suilleabhain:
You are pretty fond of saying “I’m not going to debate/argue with you” on here.
Slow down when you are running away, you might trip and fall.
Lots of SF supporters simply cant accept facts without constantly turning to other parties and pointing the finger…. Its a party without substance, deep or detail…the epitome of the hurler on the ditch.
@Ben dover: im voting for sf. I dont want ff/fg in again. For get the greens they are a lost cause.
@Mona Murphy: the only lost cause is sinn fein – have been seen for what they really are.
Makes no difference, with be the two same arse cheeks as usual.
Doesn’t matter its the same people all over again what difference does it make they’ll just continue on.
@Martin Ridge: only if people vote them in, power is in our hands. Im voting SF
the rush to get their noses in the trough has begun…
What difference does it make? Same government for another 5 years.
When schools out.
The Sound proof box that Father Jack was in.
It’s going to be very soon as FF and FG spindoctors are on full steam ahead exposing SF.
FF and FG are like the kid at school telling teacher everything.
Same circus different clowns and ringmaster….
Do we really need a pointless election only for everything to remain the same
I really don’t care.
I would like to see all the SF supporters voting for independents
Because in this election are 3 opinions only ff fg independent
After the Car Tax refund scheme for owners of pre-2008 cars who have been unfairly overcharged since 2008.
Yesterday
Opposition won’t get in so it’s another waste of taxpayers money its like putin presidency run everyone knew he’d get back in, we all know fg and ff will, only hope is greens will at least be gone they’re a disgrace aswel as the rest.
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