General election 2016 results HUB

Nembo_Kid · February 28, 2016, 8:46pm

Was O’Clocartaigh’s problem not location and struggling on transfers from the city candidates?

Sidney · February 28, 2016, 8:47pm

I actually wouldn’t at all surprise me to see Averil joining the Social Democrats in the nearish future.

Fagan_ODowd · February 28, 2016, 8:48pm

I thought she ran a super campaign out here.

Nembo_Kid · February 28, 2016, 8:49pm

How many elections has Averil fucked up now?

Joe_Player · February 28, 2016, 8:50pm

SF AND FG

tallback · February 28, 2016, 8:50pm

She’d be a good candidate for them. The SDs need to get some more potential candidates.

cmontofuck · February 28, 2016, 8:52pm

Dermot Ahern pushing for FF to support a minority FG government. FF will run rings around the Blueshirts in such an arrangement. Fine Gael are fucked.

balbec · February 28, 2016, 8:54pm

Coverage very poor and labour getting disproportionate airtime.

balbec · February 28, 2016, 8:56pm

You’re obsessed with her.

Fagan_ODowd · February 28, 2016, 8:59pm

She’s a lovely girl.

Sidney · February 28, 2016, 9:03pm

Perhaps. There does appear to be a bit of a city candidates transferring to each other factor, but I thought the Irish language factor might have got him a few hundred more off O’Tuathail than it did.

There also wasn’t much in the way of “far left” transfers and he suffered from that.

Galway is quite an affluent city and the water charges thing doesn’t seem to have had a huge effect here. There’s more of a moderate left vote and Connolly tapped into that.

Like a lot of SF candidates, perhaps you have to lose one before you win one.

Tim_Riggins · February 28, 2016, 9:06pm

Agree with that.

Kenny has to go. He must realise that now. He can’t go in a year as FF will immediately pull the plug.

FG’s strategy should be try to enter talks with all parties, put the charade up that you can’t form a Govt as others unwilling and you want stability. Kenny says he will step down and announces a campaign will start as soon as FG select a new leader. He is caretaker for a couple of months.

Otherwise as you say FF will run rings around them and will pull the plug as soon as it is the most populist time they can.

Matty_Hislop · February 28, 2016, 9:07pm

Pringle survives - Padraig Mac Loghlainn of SF defeated, Sinn Féin down to one TD in Donegal

anon61956325 · February 28, 2016, 9:08pm

Balls.

anon61956325 · February 28, 2016, 9:08pm

How many seats left to fill?

Sidney · February 28, 2016, 9:09pm

Under 200 the gap in the end.

Disaster in terms of vote management.

Nembo_Kid · February 28, 2016, 9:10pm

Huge fuck up from Sinn Fein.

Massey · February 28, 2016, 9:11pm

Ye badly managed alright

Matty_Hislop · February 28, 2016, 9:13pm

Great camaraderie between the last two in Donegal, reminiscent of two fat BDO darts players embracing after a marathon 5 setter at the Lakeside. None of your recount malarkey here.

Nembo_Kid · February 28, 2016, 9:15pm

Tiocfaidh ar la.