Iād say heās an UUCOAM
Helen OāDonnell would be more likely than Butler to challenge Moran. Quinlivan will get a big first preference but transfers might knock him out.
Heās the provisional FG candidate. O Donnell is the continuity one.
Why would there be transfers? Thereās one seat not four. Iād imagine whoever gets most votes wins, simple.
Because someone still has to reach a quota.
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RTĆ appear to be making a bit of a balls of it though half the field including EOD havenāt a chance.
There will be a live debate on Upfront with Katie Hannon. Only eight candidates will take part. Not sure if EOD will be one of them but I think she might as a sitting councillor. The other seven, including John Moran, have been offered a sixty second pitch from the audience.
So Moran hasnāt made the seven to get on stage at Katie Hannonās debate? Iād imagine only having a seat in the audience for that would as good as put paid to your chances.
Heās not. RTĆās standard criteria for these types of debates seem to focus on whether the candidate is a sitting TD or Councillor, prior party election results etc. so donāt give much scope to include first time running Independents.
I noticed Moranās signs on the way to work this morning.
āMoran: More for Limerick.ā
I hope he didnāt spend too long coming up with that slogan.
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Looks like he ripped off the Limerick Atlantic Edge European Embrace type logos /colour scheme also.
He made some comment along the lines of not wanting to put up posters but felt he had to at the last minute because everybody else did.
To me one quick way to victory would be have more posters than anybody else - obviously a big expense then and need foot soldiers to do it. But if you can bombard every fifth pole with your face youād be 80% of the way there. I see in some villages near me for example Iāve only seen Elisa OāDonovan on one pole whereas Moran has a good few up, Butler, OāDonnell etc. Moranās stand out as better quality posters as they are not the usual standard size.
My experience of him was that he was a total ballbag albeit a confident one.
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First time reading about him. Seems dangerously underqualified to be a secretary general, let alone of finance during an economic crisis. His biggest job was being head of an outpost for a big Irish law firm. Wtf.
Think he was high up enough in GPA and Irish head of Zurich. Theyād have been big enough gigs. He also ran a coffee cart in the South of France.
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Made to be Mayor of Limerick so
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Oh yes. I wouldnāt doubt his ability to get stuff done and he probably has a vision too (that can be a double edged sword 
though).
Helen OāDonnell will do a lot better than many think. May not win it, but could stop someone else winning it as they say.
Sheās well in the running according to BoyleSports though not sure what insight they have.
Iām surprised Brian Leddin is such an outsider, the proliferation of unused cycle lanes causing additional traffic probably havenāt helped.
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Nobody outside the city will vote for Leddin.
Fair point.