It makes sense - ditch both leaders and get the deal done.
No, but the cohort who ALWAYS vote FF or FG based on 3 generations of indoctrination is literally dying out.
Politics in ireland can be quite simple, the more people you can gather around you to tell everyone else how good you are/what you will do, the higher your chances. Actually doing what you said isnt always necessary. FF are masters at the numbers game and keeping people involved in the organisation.
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RTÉ just decide not to provide election coverage after the first two days?
Correct.
How long you living in Ireland now?
Is it not on the news channel?
I mean that’s been going for 30 years, it’s not a new thing at all.
35-49 is breaking fairly towards the exit polling numbers.
It’s not. I was gonna stick it on in background in office and it’s fucking Euro News.
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RTÉ Radio One had Flowers by Miley Cyrus on there.
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https://twitter.com/Dorgan_Faye/status/1863332687127195790
Spotted some TFKers as part of Elisas entourage in this clip. I never knew TFK was such ripe ground for political activism. Fair play lads.
This is correct to a degree imo.
There aren’t fundamental issues in Ireland where there are major disagreements like the climate, social matters or something like Brexit. I do think immigration has the potential to go that way though.
There is a degree of the vibes type voting out there, with the youth definitely influenced by the Up The Ra / Kneecap stuff. Not sure that will hold.
Housing is definitely the big issue but whilst some parties engage in ideological warfare on it, at an electoral level it is about getting reasonably priced housing and they don’t give a fuck if developers are making a profit.
The reality is that FF and FG got close to 30% in the exit poll for 18-24. It’s not that big a leap to 43%, particularly as that generation do buy homes. Remember that first time buyers have been increasing. The SF rhetoric on housing is not appealing to people sane who have bought a house themselves.
Delighted to see @Kyle there. Great they could mend the bridges
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TFK is indeed remarkable at unearthing whackjobs. The thought that the greens would perish is fanciful to say the least given history and the issues facing the world.
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An international organisation no less. Not to mention they’ve been here before and will be again. I’d have little or no time for them, but fair fucks, they have the balls to go in and get some of their policies implemented while they can, unlike others who get elected in this country.
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Great to see Mick Barry lose his seat, the horrible prick.
A pity O’Gorman hung on but going from 12 seats to 1 sums up how the public view their time in office. The people have spoken.
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Far left lunatic Gino Kenny also booted out, having being emphatically rejected by the electorate.
Fat Thomas Pringle up in Donegal also booted out. Satisfying.
News travels slowly to the canadian backwaters. Labour and the socdems are flying.
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Thought it was strange. Wall to wall coverage from Saturday morning when they had no results to talk about and then they all went home Sunday when most of the results came in.
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The green will be back when they shed the ideologues and return to the environment
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They wanted to take the words ‘woman’ and ‘family’ out of the constitution.
They were rejected in attempting to do so, and got another deserved kicking this weekend. Fuck them.
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It might well be for the better for them. But you just can’t help selfless do gooders being selfless and doing good.