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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.

First Count Tallies from South Tipp

Hayes FG 7681
Mcgrath FF 7128
Healy Ind 5575
Manseragh FF 5570
Ambrose FF 4090
Prendergast Lab 3156
lBrowne SF 1133

Tipperary

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%

Round up of Day 6 of the campaign on the web

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 [...]

Frank Luntz’ Wondeful Poll Adventures (A Week in Politics Special)

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 [...]

Photo-op wars

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 [...]

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