It wasnât economic. It was a IRA cell who had bombed a gas plant a month before. They bombed the town with two small bombs in bins.
It wasnât a spectacular like the other two, or like Canary Wharf or Manchester. It was planted to cause disruption and keep the fight up, put it up to the brits etc, it wasnât an economic target.
The public have voted for change, ie no more FG. Big question is how would the public view a second election. The big 3 are reluctant to form a govt with each other.
So weâre getting to the nub of it. Itâs all about electoral protection.
FG could actually do alright from a confidence and supply arrangement with the left. If it goes tits up as FG and FF people say it would, theyâd have at least showed themselves to be open to dealing with SF and the left without having to be part of it officially.
FF arenât going to do any better under another leader with the possible exception of OâCallaghan. And OâCallaghan is out of step politically. Martin was much more in step politically.
Why would they prop up a government that they fundamentally disagree with on most things? Wouldnât make sense
@tallback gave out about SF not going into Westminster for putting party ahead of the good of Ireland
Listen to him now yâall
Whe I see Damien English on television, I immediately see a man whoâs on his second pint in the Cat and Cage in June 1991 and furiously debating what heâd just seen in one of the Dublin-Meath draws.
Because they would say it has a mandate and because the country needs a government.
If they want to go the âresponsibleâ path thereâs always coalition with Fianna Fail.
You could call it electoral protection, Id say theyâre both happy enough to sit back now in opposition wait for the dominos to fall and grab the sweeping brush.
This stage isnt so much about governing or leading the country. Its about playing a game of chess and is party-driven. FF and FG both got in or around the same number of seats as SF having taken a battering. Their own vote made that possible and they risk losing it or a part of it by going into coalition with SF.
Both will change up leader in my opinion and both will go back to grass roots in the coming weeks and months to get a better sense of direction.
SF are actually better off getting another election in the next 6 monthsâŚthe longer it goes on Im not so sure.
I keep expecting Damien English to say something like âMeck Leyens is some man all the sayame isnât heâŚMaaauhrtin OâConnell was immanse in the second haulf, so he was, jaaaysus what a man! The Dubs must be feckinâ sickened so dee aauuuhh. Theyâll nevah beat this Mayd taym!â
How in the name of jesus does Sean haughey keep getting elected? Did he even make a statement in the last Dail? Hard to believe he was the spokesperson for foreign affairs and trade.
Itâs like the reverse of the phrase âa rose would be just as sweet by any other nameâ.
No matters how much he stinks, heâll always be sweet with the electorate purely because of his name.
Have they a successor lined up?
Maybe another from the lab they grew Jack Chambers in?
I was astonished to learn via Wikipedia just now that Sean Haughey is only 58 because it feels like heâs a lot older. Heâll still be there in 2034 at least.
Hereâs your answer.
Comforting.
Papers tomorrow going with a FF, FG and Greens grand coalition.
Are FF and FG getting stuck in a corner with themselves and the Green PartyâŚ
This is great.
I honestly thought he had retired. Donât think Iâve seen or heard from him in the last decade. Yet there he is still getting elected.
There you go already, racist, racist, racist 
It didnât take long for Sidney to emerge.
Iâve been posting here for two and a half weeks and I havenât seen racism from any other poster except yourself. In your case it took about three posts of engagement for it to emerge. Thatâs some going.