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In the run up to the election much of the talk was whether or not Fine Gael could get an overall majority. As the dust settles it is clear that they are just short. So where did they fall? One place they will look back at is Kildare South.

This is the fourth 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. Meath East. 

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.

At the risk of moving Cian’s much more interesting post a little down the screen, it’s perhaps worth noting that the resignation of Peter Hain from Gordon Brown’s Cabinet raises yet again the very different standards for resignation in the UK and Ireland.   Hain, who clearly botched the management of donations to his failed campaign [...]

2 Seats for FF on first count. Looks like Labour will take last seat

Welcome to the third edition of Green Party Global Warming. This is Hot or Not but for Green Party candidates. It’s Battle of the hair day today. We have two candidates with hair. Special hair. Who’s hottest? Peter Enright from Mayo JJ Dwyer, Green Candidate in Kildare South. So will it be Peter, looking like [...]

In what is unlikely to be an isolate scenario politicians from all parties are getting worried about the levels of voter apathy in the Kildare constituencies. “Fianna Fail TD Sean O’ Fearghail has already expressed concern that large numbers of people entitled to vote are not even registered to do so especially in new housing [...]