Irish Election are pleased to announce our collection of Irish 
Tallies CNC and CSW
Just what I caught off RTE radio. Open to correction.
Cork North West
32% Fine Gael
56% Fianna Fail
5% Labour
4% Green
Cork South West
Dennis o Donavan 18%Jim O’keeffe 29%
SF 6%
O’Sullivan FF 24%
PJ Sheehan 5%
FG in Cork South West - The 5% factor
[originally posted to Comin's 'N Goin's]
Cork South West is the heartland of Fine Gael and has always one of the most predictable constituencies in the country.
Split Worries for West Cork Fianna Fail
Missed this earlier this morning, it appears senior handlers in Fianna Fail are worried about a possible split in the party in West Cork. The NEC have finalised the Fianna Fail candidates to go forward in Cork South West however they decided a convention was surplus to requirements.
Winning and Losing the Election
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 [...]
