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MICK WALLACE’S RETURN to Irish politics is set to backfire as the Wexford man has seen his old vote collapse in the county.
The first count in the Wexford constituency saw Wallace receive 1,615 first preferences – just 3% of the overall vote.
It’s a stark contrast to when Wallace last stood in Wexford in 2016, when he got 7,917 votes with an 11% share of the vote.
Today’s vote has put him far behind TDs from other parties on the left side of the spectrum – Sinn Féin and Labour – and he’s further behind Fianna Fáil’s James Browne.
The former property developer topped the poll when he was first elected to the Dáil in 2011 and was re-elected in 2016 before he left his seat to be elected to the European Parliament in 2019.
Wallace lost his seat in Brussels in the European Parliament elections held in June of this year.
The 69-year-old has yet to appear at the count centre this weekend.
Result of first count in #Wexford
— Eoghan Dalton (@EoghanDalton) November 30, 2024
Quota: 10,502. Four seats.
Verona Murphy Ind 11,340
James Browne FF 8596
Mythen SF 7633
Lawlor Lab 7228
Cathal Byrne FG 4891
Codd Aontu 3775
Murphy FG 2997
Sheehan Ind 1623
Wallace Ind 1615 @thejournal_ie
Wallace has seen the support he had under the Independents4Change party banner plummet, with the emergence of Verona Murphy in Wexford politics seemingly eroding some of his old vote.
Sinn Féin’s emergence as a challenger for an anti-government vote has also likely played a role in decreasing Wallace’s base. It only found a breakthrough here in 2020 after Wallace had been elected to Europe as an MEP.
Some observers also believe the redrawing of the boundary for this election – removing the northern end of the county – harmed his prospects.
It has resulted in Wallace also currently sitting eight votes behind Michael Sheehan, a New Ross councillor who defected from Fianna Fáil in recent weeks to stand as an Independent.
Wallace has been a member of the Independents4Change political party since his time in the Dáil and his colleague Clare Daly, who also lost her seat in the European Parliament, is too seeking a return to the Dáil in Dublin Central.
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@David Fox: Clare daly wasn’t ‘at the races’ either, lol
@David Fox: Mot gone too .
One of the highlights of this election for me: Himself and Daly getting a second PFO from the electorate. Well done to all concerned!
@honey badger: in the ballot box….why oh why would anyone give Wallace or Daly a 1, 2 or3???? Their day in the ‘sun’ is long gone
@Frank Mc Carthy: I’ve been asking that question for years! Made a show of us.
Thats what you get moscow mick,,,
At least some good news.
Absolute waster
Great news.
Himself and Clare can hit the Chianti in the Italian quarter for themselves. Shur they’re roubles to burn.
The people of wexford finally copped on to him
Pure pro-Hamas, pro-Putin and pro-China sleaze. The only place that he deserves to be in is a holding cell in Guantanamo Bay. Good on the people of Wexford for finally seeing through his propagandistic charade and not voting him in.
Mick Wallace’s vote collapsed because he ignored the people of Wexford, never held a clinic, and, despite being born and reared near me, was based in Dublin. At least with Verona, she’s highly active in Wexford. The same applies to James Brown, who has maintained a strong local presence. Johnny Mythen, on the other hand, has been largely absent, so I’m surprised that so many have given him first preference. George Lawlor, however, will work hard—he’s dedicated the last 20 years to serving Wexford and honing his skills in public service.
@Nemethon: on the money
Brilliant, complete waste of space
At last the people of Wexford saw through the lies & bs, his actions in what he did to his employees contributions showed what type of individual he really is. Unfortunately laughing at the Irish electorate with his pensions & whatever Putin is giving him.
@SV3tN8M4: All we knew about him in 2016, was the amount of money he pumped into soccer and youths back in the day. People wanted change (not Sinn Fein) and Wallace offered that. He seemed like a good candidate.
Little did we know it was the taxpayers money and that he had debts of millions.
Once elected, we realised our mistake – a scruffy layabout who has his own agenda and had his own hand in the banking collapse No more would he get a vote, surprised he even bothered running.
He is a vicious supporter of Palestine terrorists. Nobody likes people supporting terrorists.
@Sergej Simonov: All real Irish support the Palestinian in their struggle against the terrorist colonial invader that calls itself Israeli.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: Hamas have ruled Palestine since 2016
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: More nonsense from another one of the resident antisemites of this news site. Real Irish people support Israel because just like Ireland, they fought for their independence from the British Empire and the violent Arab armies who invaded and tried to wipe out their country. Their leaders took inspiration from the Irish. Yitzhak Shamir’s codename was ‘Michael’ after Michael Collins. How is Israel “invading” anything if the League of Nations (United Nations) San Remo Conference in 1920 clearly stated that Israel’s borders were to stretch from the Mediterranean to the Jordan River undivided? How are Israelis “colonisers” if they’ve had a continuous presence in the land for 3,500 years and are the indigenous people while the “Palestinians” were only created in 1964?
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: Speak for yourself. None so blind as those who don’t want to see.
@Frank O’Hara: “real Irish people support Israel ” ? Keep taking the meds.
@Sergej Simonov: He actively protested against Israel’s genocide campaign against the innocents in Palestine. I credit him with that.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: speak for yourself. I certainly dont
Unbelievable to think he might be surprised.
Great to see Fianna Fail men winning the election
@Fintan Pox: Great for who? Certainly not Ireland anyway. I guess the fakeugees and the Ukrainians are delighted though
@Mayo seem to be the football equivalent of Waterfo: No its fantastic FFG have won the election. The good times keep rolling.
@Mayo seem to be the football equivalent of Waterfo: God help you if you are ever out on your ear and need a helping hand. Your attitude is repellant.
This is great news, hopefully the last we see of him and daly in politics.
Wow. I’ve not read the comments in months. Seems all the trolls have vanished. Delighted to find I totally agree with most comments. Glad to see the back of him.
Perhaps he can settle his VAT bill with the revenue commissioners now
Grubby commie apologist
No that’s a good riddance for the country
So that was all the save haza talk on fb was mick well it back fired nice job in gaza now though or the Lebanon for an x builder don’t forget to pay ur contractors you owe money to before u go though
@John Reynolds: Nobody got paid, plenty of people burnt by him & Claire Daly who put herself forward as a champion of Workers Rights, excused his behavior, two Hypocrites who set out to gain for themselves.
Delighted. A pure flute
Good riddance!
Couldn’t happen to nicer fella!!!!
That’s what happens Moscow Mick when you parrot the Kremlin propaganda
Can anyone explain to me how Wallace did relatively well in the European Parliament elections, but has done so badly on first preferences in this election? I realise the E.P. vote is from a bigger area, but you’d expect his support in both elections to be relatively similar. It’s not as if he has had a high public profile in the few months between elections, when he could have done something new to lose popularity.
Go Hard Mick sponsored by Viagra.
He can always go back to keeping crows away from the crops. (He was outstanding in this field)
The feeding trough was empty in Brussels so back here to try and get a place at goverment sty
Lazy journalism.. Wallace has posted on X that he’s out of country fundraising for charity linked to his son who passed away…
Perhaps Putin will give his two Commie friends a post in Russia
Good riddance to both wallace and his lefty sidekick Claire Daly. Two waste of time candidates who through the idiocy of Irish electorate managed to get all the way to the EU parliament
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