Comments on: A healthy development?

By: The rugbyman bows out at Irish Election

The rugbyman bows out at Irish Election — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:55:50 +0000

[...] It got lost in the focus on Fianna Fail’s good poll numbers last weekend but governments are formed by TDs, not opinion polls, and in that regard the party suffered a blow with Jim Glennon’s decision not to run again in Dublin North. As bad as the loss of a name candidate was, the more troublesome factor was that Glennon’s decision made clear that the backbench revolt during the summer, seemingly headed off at the pass by the party leadership, is still rumbling. As the Irish Times (subs req’d) explained: [...]

By: P O'Neill

P O'Neill — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:45:38 +0000

RTE has a story up -- Bertie is doing his best to make it sound like business as usual.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:01:42 +0000

Probably. But they are other TD’s in trouble Hoctor in north tipp for instance who are in trouble in this election and not in that group. Do we know what their concerns are. is it ideolodical?

By: tomcosgrave

tomcosgrave — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:25:11 +0000

I reckon their scared their seats will be under threat – I don’t know about the TD’s outside of Dublin, but the Dublin TD’s in that grouping have a hell of a fight on their hands…the Meath TD probably does as well…

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:39:05 +0000

interesting. Will they go as far as to create a new party