Where the opposition lost Part 1
Labour/Fine Gael/Green missed out by 7 seats. Where were these 7 seats that they could have won that would have won the election. Here is 3 seats that decided the outcome.
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Labour/Fine Gael/Green missed out by 7 seats. Where were these 7 seats that they could have won that would have won the election. Here is 3 seats that decided the outcome.
Hayes FG 7681
Mcgrath FF 7128
Healy Ind 5575
Manseragh FF 5570
Ambrose FF 4090
Prendergast Lab 3156
lBrowne SF 1133
Lowry (Ind) 27.8%
Smith (FF) 19.7%
Hoctor (FF) 18%
Ryan (ind) No word
Coonan (FG) 15.4%
Kathleen O’Meara (Lab) 10.1%
Seamie Morris (SF) no word
South
Tom Hayes (FG) 22%
Mattie McGrath (FF) 20%
Dr Martin Mansergh (FF) 16%
Seamus Healy (ind) 14%
Phil Prendergast (Lab) 8%
Press release titles of the day? For the chuckle factor anyway. Kenny’s appeal goes down the YouTubes in video views stakes - Ambrose. Councillor Siobhan Ambrose, Fianna Fáil candidate in Tipperary South thinks that because more people have seen her youtube video than a version of Enda Kenny’s party conference speech [...]
Starting on RTE 1 now (10:20). Updates following.
Its over now, watch it when it goes live here.
Health:
Interesting response to Caoimhghin O Caolain on health. Two out of fifty in the audience would like to see SF in government but in a head to head on health with Mary Harney the majority of the group were [...]
Sorry for not updating the local news for a while but it takes time, something I am short of at the moment. I do hope to get back to it as there are great stories in the regional papers. From the Nationalist (South Tipperary):
Fianna Fail general election candidate Cllr. Siobhan Ambrose has been attacked by [...]