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Nobody met the quota.
Predictions:
John O’Donoghue FF 1st
Tom Sheehan Fine Gael 2nd
Tom Fleming FF 3rd
Jackie Healy-Rae and Breda Moynihan-Cronin to lose out say the locals.
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So, 13 men make up the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Issues. Only in this Banana Republic. Thanks to Ger for drawing my attention to it. And we wonder why the Government often appears to have so little knowledge about the issues upon which they should be legislating.
Councillor bound to peace for insulting fellow FG activist
A NEWLY ELECTED Fine Gael councillor has been bound to the peace for 12 months for calling a fellow party member “a f****** scab”.
Green members’ conference set for July
The debate on Lisbon is underway as the Green Party look at getting their meeting out of the way on 18 July – can we expect the fireworks and close vote of last time out or will the Greens take part on the Yes side this time out?
Average public worker earns more than €50,000 a year
Grist is added to the mill of An Bord Snip nua as the CSO figures on pay are released.
Is Charlie McCreevy in the running to lead the No campaign for Lisbon II? asks Jamie Smyth of The Irish Times.
Even tho he did support the government as an ind, recent idiotic antic by Jackie Healy is part of the reason for his imoending demise.
Don’t think it’s cut and dried yet.
FitzGeralds 4000 votes will decide the seats and I don’t think it will be a straight transfer to Sheahan. I reckon it will end with Moynihan Cronin being eliminated after FitzGerald and her votes will let Healy Rae and Sheahan to climb past Flemming who will then be eliminated and FG and JHR will be elected without reaching the quota. Still all depends on Fitzgeralds 4000 from the Dingle area, and Christ only knows what way the second prefs will go.