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GE11: The first night leftovers
A couple of semi-formed thoughts of issues that perhaps deserved a little more attention in all the relentless punditry.
Who would I vote for in North Tipperary.
For the past 4 years I have lived in the UK so I have not been able to have my say on the path of my country. So the nearest I can do to that is post it on a blog that about 4 people will read. (Hi Mum) . This will be the third [...]
Cork North Central Poll Shows FF in Danger
For many, it had seemed plausible that Fianna Fail would climb Lazarus-like back to the low-20s in vote share. Thus far, the polls have mired the party on 15% under new leader Micheal Martin and if that is where they stay, a local poll for the Irish Times in Cork North Central suggests the party [...]
Are Lowry and Healy-Rae deals with government now void?
Brian Cowen last discussed the government side-deals with the 2 independents on 10 November. We’ve got the whole exchange below the fold, but the key point is that the Michael Lowry and Jackie Healy-Rae agreements are with the leader of Fianna Fail, not an Taoiseach. Brian Cowen inherited them from Bertie Ahern but they are [...]
Adding a few shillings to the bank pension
Brian Cowen to Enda Kenny today – [Irish Times] “Contrary to how this is being portrayed, this is a payment into an overall fund that provides for the pensions of most Bank of Ireland staff. If it wasn’t made, the fund would be short-resourced to meet its obligations to all Bank of Ireland pensioners and [...]
Same as it ever was
There’s the old line about the Bourbons when they got back in power after Napoleon that “they had learned nothing and forgotten nothing”. Then there’s Fianna Fail. The Willie O’Dea confidence motion debate today was mercifully short because it showed a government that, after years of scandals and concerns about conduct in public office, has [...]
Willie O’Dea: Je ne regrette rien
Willie is racing through a statement a few minutes ahead of schedule with a sullen Dermot Ahern sitting beside him. Enda Kenny says he will move a motion of no confidence in him. And now on to Labour’s bill to reform parliamentary inquiries. At least someone is working on improving accountability. UPDATE: Much like Willie’s [...]
Ireland: 3% less dodgy than the Cayman Islands
Did you know that when it comes to the financial sector, Ireland has “stronger oversight and better regulation”? That’s the sales pitch from Billy Kelleher TD who has the Trade and Commerce portfolio within the department of enterprise and employment. It’s a quote from a Financial Times story which says that Ireland is marketing itself [...]
Trouble Brewing??
In what is more then likely just a PR stunt Fianna Fails Marie Hoctor told the Nenagh Guardian. that she will not vote in support of the Government’s budget this Wednesday in the absence of certain commitments in relation to issues in her constituency. Ms Hoctor indicated that she was growing disillusioned with the direction [...]
It was foreseen
[edit: We were 2 days ahead of the Indo and unlike them, we provide original sources for the quotes. Read on ...] The Cork flood. From the technical yet fascinating “Flood risk management through reservoir storage and flow control” (2001) by J. Fitzpatrick and T. Bree of ESB International – A study was undertaken by [...]
The winds of change
Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin is in charge of the Lisbon II campaign. With summer schools apparently forming the main forum for policy debate with the Dail in recess, he was perhaps giving us a preview of what the Yes campaign will look like in this evening’s remarks to the MacGill event. Writing as [...]
End of Shannon or end of Aer Lingus?
Here we go again. Aer Lingus is withdrawing more services from Shannon. But this row is going to play out very differently than the end of Shannon-Heathrow. The latter row caught the government on the hop but also featured an Aer Lingus in a very different mood, confident that it could launch a sub-hub in [...]
Alan Kelly becomes third MEP for Ireland South – Lineup almost complete
The most compelling race in the country is over with the victory of Alan Kelly in the race for the final seat. Kelly took the seat in a final head to head with Sinnot by 10,000 votes after Toireasa Ferris was eliminated as ever you had it first on the liveblog. The MEPs so far [...]
South Count Favours Kelly for third seat – Ferris and Burke Eliminated and Not Happy with Fine Gael
It looks like Alan Kelly is ahead by 8K from Sinnot after she pulled ahead of Ferris on Kelly’s surplus by 688 votes. Figures suggest around 75,000 votes from Ferris to decide the final seat between Kelly and Sinnot Colm Burke is not happy with the way he was treated see end of post. Up [...]
2nd Count from the South – Boyle to be eliminated
Figures for South 2nd count: Boyle now on 16 250 ELIMINATED Burke 54 617 Crowley 119 25 Ferris 65 861 Kelly (alan) 66 121 Kelly (sean) 94 430 O KEeffe 16 896 Sinnot 62 057 Performance by Sinnot kicks her into pole position once counting resumes tomorrow for that final seat – counting suspended for [...]
Limerick City Election Results since 90 including 09 first count
The first analysis from 1990 to the 2009 (tallies only) of the local election results in Limerick City with special thanks to John Browne and FiannaFuddy (politics.ie).
