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This is the Seventh in a series of posts looking at who would or would not keep their seats if an election was called now. With not much  local polling to go on this is entirely my opinion and probably wrong. If you have any ideas on it please drop a comment. Dun Laoghaire

The Oireachtas has today launched a detailed profile based on the 2006 Census of all the constituencies in the country. The information is quite interesting and comprehensive and details all 42 constituencies in the country.

Yesterday, in the aftermath of the climbdown regarding the Medical Cards fiasco, I read a post on the weblog of Green Party Justice Spokesperson Ciarán Cuffe, which dealt with the Medical Cards issue. After reading the post, I gave him my view of the Fianna Fáíl / Green coalition, and put some questions to him [...]

The report of the 2007 Consituency Commission is out, some would say a little bit too late but how and ever. Kerry is to remain split, with Kerry South a 3 seater while Kerry North joins to West Limerick in also remaining a 3 seater. Dublin Euro is a 3 seater, Dun Laoghaire is a [...]

Mary Harney was quoted in the Independent today on her future as party leader and when she would like to have the job handed over to her successor; “Obviously I will continue to assist the party in any way I can. But hopefully the party can now put a mechanism to have a leader in [...]

The examiner has an interview this morning wit former TD and now senator Fiona o Malley. She suggests that Harney will have stepped down as leader by early next year. She is quoted as relishing the role of leadin the PDs should the committe investigating the rules rule in her favour. As a senator she [...]

Ciaran Cuffe posts about winning, just. He is also very frank on the matter of coalition with Fianna Fail  but there is a but. Let’s be clear. A deal with Fianna Fáil would be a deal with the devil. We would be spat out after 5 years, and decimated as a Party. But, … would [...]

All five reach quota –  Boyd Barrett on 7,890.

By name: Andrewws, 8494, 14.76$ Bailey 4,299, 7.47% Sean Barrett 5,270, 9.16% Boyd-Berrett 5031, 8.74% Cuffe, 4,518, 7.85% Gilmore, 6,900, 11.99% Hanafin, 11,648, 20.24% O Broin, 1388, 2.38% O Malley, 3767, 6.555 Quinn, 2260, 3.93% Regan, 2997, 6.95%

From RTE. FF 41% FG 27% Gilmore Labour 16.9% PD Fiona O’Malley 8% Ciaran Cuffe Green 7.5% Sinn Fein 2% Boyd Barret People before profit 10%

I managed to catch up with Sinn Fein’s Dun Laoghaire candidate Eoin O Brion at 9:30 this evening in Dun Laoghaire. The pier out there is stunning. The interview was done on dictaphone, apologies if its a little phonically-challenged. [display_podcast]

The second installment of our interviews with party figures to keep you going on this day of barren election coverage. Here I am talking to Ciaran Cuffe, Green TD in Dun Laoghaire as he canvasses in Shankill Dart Station. Ciaran has a blog at cuffestreet.blogspot.com. He discussed his campaign, the national campaign and why to [...]

“I really do have love to give; I just don’t know where to put it.” Donnie Smith, Magnolia, 1999. Well fuck me with a broken snooker cue. Fine Gael have gone and surpassed themselves this time. It took me a while to recognise the 15ft face that stared at me from the Dalkey station billboard, [...]

Amidst the plethora of “2006-in-review” articles populating today’s papers, there is one very interesting piece in the Tribune. The way our electoral system works makes polls slightly unhelpful—ignoring particularity within constituencies and also the nature of transfers—but the Tribune have taken a look across the most contested constituencies to attempt to predict the likely election [...]

Ciaran Cuffe of the Greens continues to show how a politican should blog. None of this crap about “No day is a typical day,” he details what actually happens on one of his days. Keep it up Ciaran. Also he details some of the guys at the Manchester meeting. Interesting reading. Do these people hunt [...]

Ciaran Cuffe of the Green Party is a TD for Dun Laoghaire. Some interesting feedback in there that you might want to pontificate on-Lab/FF as the most likely government, pedestrianising of College Green, turning Bank Of Ireland, College Green into a civic building. Ciaran Cuffe Thanks for talking to us. IE.com: Quick reaction to the [...]