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"The same Tory axis of FG/FF will scratch each other's backs and hold us back for another few years. Repeating the same shite for 100 years odd now."
Looking very like the majority of the voters are quite happy to be "held back" for another term.....democracy at work.
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By *adbobbilMan 6 weeks ago
Wicklow, Carlow, Wexford, Kilkenny |
"There was a lad from Cork on the ballot in Kilkenny/Carlow. Heard he got his name on to a few other ballots around the country too.
John o Leary. Not the full shilling that lad "
Think he is up in 5 or 6 constituencies. |
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"Shouldn't be allowed a coalition, people vote for 1 party not 2,there will never be change otherwise 🤷♂️🙄"
In a Proportional Representation system like we have people can indicate their order of preference and vote across different parties and for independent candidates if they wish.
(As in fab we all are allowed to have preferences).
One possible outcome is a coalition.
Democracy at work. |
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By (user no longer on site) 6 weeks ago
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"There was a lad from Cork on the ballot in Kilkenny/Carlow. Heard he got his name on to a few other ballots around the country too.
John o Leary. Not the full shilling that lad
Think he is up in 5 or 6 constituencies. "
He is in 7 different constituencies this time around. 11 last time. Also goes by the name of Pike |
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By *adbobbilMan 6 weeks ago
Wicklow, Carlow, Wexford, Kilkenny |
"There was a lad from Cork on the ballot in Kilkenny/Carlow. Heard he got his name on to a few other ballots around the country too.
John o Leary. Not the full shilling that lad
Think he is up in 5 or 6 constituencies. He is in 7 different constituencies this time around. 11 last time. Also goes by the name of Pike"
Ah lad!!! Surely you should only be able to declare in one constituency. |
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By *aid backMan 6 weeks ago
by a lake with my rod out |
The gimp blige from cork supposedly calling fraud because he didn't get many votes and another claiming the government manipulated the weather to stop her supporters from voting. 🤣🤣 If the government could do that they would make it tropical all year round and brag about it ffs |
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By *og-ManMan 6 weeks ago
somewhere |
"Oh god the meltdowns from the headbangers has started. Gerry hutch is apparently an agent of the state sent to spilt steensons votes according to malachy 🤣🤣🤣🤣"
Delighted to see that
My favorite so far is Newtownmountkennedy giving the dog kicker one vote |
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"Oh god the meltdowns from the headbangers has started. Gerry hutch is apparently an agent of the state sent to spilt steensons votes according to malachy 🤣🤣🤣🤣"
That is making me laugh out loud.
Even though its 100% true. He's not even a real Monk |
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"Oh god the meltdowns from the headbangers has started. Gerry hutch is apparently an agent of the state sent to spilt steensons votes according to malachy 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Delighted to see that
My favorite so far is Newtownmountkennedy giving the dog kicker one vote"
I heard he demanded a recount over it 🤣🤣🤣🤣 |
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The real question for me is , the turnout. How can we ever change when the 40% that don't vote , won't vote. Real change will only happen when the unresponsive get responsive, why is it so difficult to get people to vote. Is it the belief that nothing will change. Do we need an Irish Mandela? Like WTF, who keeps voting FF FG , how , why , it's beyond belief. Civil war politics isn't an excuse any more. The party of Charlie and the party of Bertie .... Pocket liners with ties to lots of shady mother and daughter home bullshit. Im embarrassed, and if I don't get involved in politics I am going to emigrate because I refuse to keep living like this. I don't know why these slimey fucks weasel their way in every freaking time. MM, i couldn't punch him hard enough and Harris I want to see sniveling and pissing himself in front of people he let down, minister of misery . Like how are they going to get another go, wankers , fucking assholes? They are not and never will be my Chief. |
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By *adbobbilMan 6 weeks ago
Wicklow, Carlow, Wexford, Kilkenny |
"The real question for me is , the turnout. How can we ever change when the 40% that don't vote , won't vote. Real change will only happen when the unresponsive get responsive, why is it so difficult to get people to vote. Is it the belief that nothing will change. Do we need an Irish Mandela? Like WTF, who keeps voting FF FG , how , why , it's beyond belief. Civil war politics isn't an excuse any more. The party of Charlie and the party of Bertie .... Pocket liners with ties to lots of shady mother and daughter home bullshit. Im embarrassed, and if I don't get involved in politics I am going to emigrate because I refuse to keep living like this. I don't know why these slimey fucks weasel their way in every freaking time. MM, i couldn't punch him hard enough and Harris I want to see sniveling and pissing himself in front of people he let down, minister of misery . Like how are they going to get another go, wankers , fucking assholes? They are not and never will be my Chief."
They keep getting in because they have their loyal fan base. That fan base is a generational thing. I'll vote this way because mommy and daddy did. FF and FG could literally start killing people and this cohort of voters will still vote for them. |
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By *og-ManMan 6 weeks ago
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If there's no alternative then the status quo will always win out
There's no alternative
Sf can't get elected on their own or as a party with the largest amount of votes
The left are split all over the place and wouldn't last a month as a government
People that own homes and don't have mortgages don't really care about their own kids if the keep voting FF and FG
Don't forget in the worse ever housing crisis the country has ever seen the minister for housing just topped the poll I think. |
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Democracy more like Idiocracy.
Should there be aptitude tests to vote ?
Or is that too right wing?
Means test the children benefit too.
Drug test social welfare.
Include car tax and insurance in the fuel price.
Promote education, sustainability, build done kind of togetherness, not this same old infighting bullshit that serves no one except the friends of Pascal that gets contracts to build bike sheds, yet the Chinese whispers pass on, "he's doing a great job". A great job of not getting the shit kicked out of him!!!
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"If there's no alternative then the status quo will always win out
There's no alternative
Sf can't get elected on their own or as a party with the largest amount of votes
The left are split all over the place and wouldn't last a month as a government
People that own homes and don't have mortgages don't really care about their own kids if the keep voting FF and FG
Don't forget in the worse ever housing crisis the country has ever seen the minister for housing just topped the poll I think."
That’s not really the way it works though, is it. SF can’t explain how they will finance all the housing or healthcare and they also don’t recognise the Supreme Court, which is why FF or FG won’t go into government with them, they are their own worst enemy sometimes |
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"If there's no alternative then the status quo will always win out
There's no alternative
Sf can't get elected on their own or as a party with the largest amount of votes
The left are split all over the place and wouldn't last a month as a government
People that own homes and don't have mortgages don't really care about their own kids if the keep voting FF and FG
Don't forget in the worse ever housing crisis the country has ever seen the minister for housing just topped the poll I think.
That’s not really the way it works though, is it. SF can’t explain how they will finance all the housing or healthcare and they also don’t recognise the Supreme Court, which is why FF or FG won’t go into government with them, they are their own worst enemy sometimes "
😂😂😂😂
Let those bunch of cunts explain half of the shit they did.
Fear of the unknown will always stop change.
I'll eat shit because at least I know I'll get something.
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Sanity has prevailed.
The door has been firmly closed on the hutch.....
The celebration party at the Regency Hotel has been cancelled. Dress code was to be casual with body armour optional....
The menu was to be Spanish omelettes with yokes only....🍳
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By *iseekingbiCouple 5 weeks ago
N ireland and West Midlands |
Insane to keep voting these Tories FF and FG in and expect anything different. Over 100 years of the same shite. At least the greens got what they deserved. If you lie down with dogs, you'll get fleas. |
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Greens got it because they seem to think we here in Ireland is responsible for all the bad weather we getting ,i say send them to China for next few years and preach to the biggest global polluter dont think they would survive long there. |
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"Sanity has prevailed.
The door has been firmly closed on the hutch.....
The celebration party at the Regency Hotel has been cancelled. Dress code was to be casual with body armour optional....
The menu was to be Spanish omelettes with yokes only....🍳
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By *ermbiMan 5 weeks ago
Ballyshannon |
"The real question for me is , the turnout. How can we ever change when the 40% that don't vote , won't vote. Real change will only happen when the unresponsive get responsive, why is it so difficult to get people to vote. Is it the belief that nothing will change. Do we need an Irish Mandela? Like WTF, who keeps voting FF FG , how , why , it's beyond belief. Civil war politics isn't an excuse any more. The party of Charlie and the party of Bertie .... Pocket liners with ties to lots of shady mother and daughter home bullshit. Im embarrassed, and if I don't get involved in politics I am going to emigrate because I refuse to keep living like this. I don't know why these slimey fucks weasel their way in every freaking time. MM, i couldn't punch him hard enough and Harris I want to see sniveling and pissing himself in front of people he let down, minister of misery . Like how are they going to get another go, wankers , fucking assholes? They are not and never will be my Chief."
What makes you think that the 40% who didn't vote would bring a different outcome? Any evidence that it would? |
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"The real question for me is , the turnout. How can we ever change when the 40% that don't vote , won't vote. Real change will only happen when the unresponsive get responsive, why is it so difficult to get people to vote. Is it the belief that nothing will change. Do we need an Irish Mandela? Like WTF, who keeps voting FF FG , how , why , it's beyond belief. Civil war politics isn't an excuse any more. The party of Charlie and the party of Bertie .... Pocket liners with ties to lots of shady mother and daughter home bullshit. Im embarrassed, and if I don't get involved in politics I am going to emigrate because I refuse to keep living like this. I don't know why these slimey fucks weasel their way in every freaking time. MM, i couldn't punch him hard enough and Harris I want to see sniveling and pissing himself in front of people he let down, minister of misery . Like how are they going to get another go, wankers , fucking assholes? They are not and never will be my Chief.
What makes you think that the 40% who didn't vote would bring a different outcome? Any evidence that it would?"
Zero evidence.
Just dumb Pandora box hope .
Have you any evidence that we are not in a simulation? |
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By *og-ManMan 5 weeks ago
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There was an interesting bit on a radio programme yesterday
The register could be overstated by between 300,000 to 500,000 so the 40 % not voting might not be a true figure ....it could be a lot lower |
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"There was an interesting bit on a radio programme yesterday
The register could be overstated by between 300,000 to 500,000 so the 40 % not voting might not be a true figure ....it could be a lot lower "
I'd endorse this. My sister is a presiding officer and at her polling station there was a significant number of people who had 2 polling cards with different electorate numbers. Meaning they were registered twice on the register. There were also a number of people who got duplicate voting cards but with the same number... they are only counted once thankfully. The problem is that the electoral polling sheest is always wrong and reliant on people registering properly and the civil servants who review and produce the sheets to clear up errors but they never do and their mistakes are not caught and they are not made accountable. |
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By *og-ManMan 5 weeks ago
somewhere |
"There was an interesting bit on a radio programme yesterday
The register could be overstated by between 300,000 to 500,000 so the 40 % not voting might not be a true figure ....it could be a lot lower
I'd endorse this. My sister is a presiding officer and at her polling station there was a significant number of people who had 2 polling cards with different electorate numbers. Meaning they were registered twice on the register. There were also a number of people who got duplicate voting cards but with the same number... they are only counted once thankfully. The problem is that the electoral polling sheest is always wrong and reliant on people registering properly and the civil servants who review and produce the sheets to clear up errors but they never do and their mistakes are not caught and they are not made accountable. "
Other thing mentioned was that some people emigrate for a few years only but don't bother coming off the register |
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"There was an interesting bit on a radio programme yesterday
The register could be overstated by between 300,000 to 500,000 so the 40 % not voting might not be a true figure ....it could be a lot lower
I'd endorse this. My sister is a presiding officer and at her polling station there was a significant number of people who had 2 polling cards with different electorate numbers. Meaning they were registered twice on the register. There were also a number of people who got duplicate voting cards but with the same number... they are only counted once thankfully. The problem is that the electoral polling sheest is always wrong and reliant on people registering properly and the civil servants who review and produce the sheets to clear up errors but they never do and their mistakes are not caught and they are not made accountable.
Other thing mentioned was that some people emigrate for a few years only but don't bother coming off the register"
And if people die their names aren’t automatically removed from the register. |
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By *ermbiMan 5 weeks ago
Ballyshannon |
"The real question for me is , the turnout. How can we ever change when the 40% that don't vote , won't vote. Real change will only happen when the unresponsive get responsive, why is it so difficult to get people to vote. Is it the belief that nothing will change. Do we need an Irish Mandela? Like WTF, who keeps voting FF FG , how , why , it's beyond belief. Civil war politics isn't an excuse any more. The party of Charlie and the party of Bertie .... Pocket liners with ties to lots of shady mother and daughter home bullshit. Im embarrassed, and if I don't get involved in politics I am going to emigrate because I refuse to keep living like this. I don't know why these slimey fucks weasel their way in every freaking time. MM, i couldn't punch him hard enough and Harris I want to see sniveling and pissing himself in front of people he let down, minister of misery . Like how are they going to get another go, wankers , fucking assholes? They are not and never will be my Chief.
What makes you think that the 40% who didn't vote would bring a different outcome? Any evidence that it would?
Zero evidence.
Just dumb Pandora box hope .
Have you any evidence that we are not in a simulation? "
In a simulation? What are you on about? |
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"The real question for me is , the turnout. How can we ever change when the 40% that don't vote , won't vote. Real change will only happen when the unresponsive get responsive, why is it so difficult to get people to vote. Is it the belief that nothing will change. Do we need an Irish Mandela? Like WTF, who keeps voting FF FG , how , why , it's beyond belief. Civil war politics isn't an excuse any more. The party of Charlie and the party of Bertie .... Pocket liners with ties to lots of shady mother and daughter home bullshit. Im embarrassed, and if I don't get involved in politics I am going to emigrate because I refuse to keep living like this. I don't know why these slimey fucks weasel their way in every freaking time. MM, i couldn't punch him hard enough and Harris I want to see sniveling and pissing himself in front of people he let down, minister of misery . Like how are they going to get another go, wankers , fucking assholes? They are not and never will be my Chief.
What makes you think that the 40% who didn't vote would bring a different outcome? Any evidence that it would?
Zero evidence.
Just dumb Pandora box hope .
Have you any evidence that we are not in a simulation?
In a simulation? What are you on about?"
Just asking questions that can't be answered, you started it. |
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"Waking up to great news ...
Donnelly loses his seat
In a long list of the worst minister ever he'd be up there towards the top "
While I must state I don't like his politics no one should rejoice in anyone losing his or her jobs. Both he and all the other candidates that lost their job employ other sometimes family sometimes direct employees as support staff who have also lost their jobs their income and will suffer in some shape or form. Yes it is what it is and the voting public have decided put please don't rejoice in other people's losses they are human after all. Someone's father mother brother sister son daughter etc. |
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By *og-ManMan 5 weeks ago
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"Waking up to great news ...
Donnelly loses his seat
In a long list of the worst minister ever he'd be up there towards the top
While I must state I don't like his politics no one should rejoice in anyone losing his or her jobs. Both he and all the other candidates that lost their job employ other sometimes family sometimes direct employees as support staff who have also lost their jobs their income and will suffer in some shape or form. Yes it is what it is and the voting public have decided put please don't rejoice in other people's losses they are human after all. Someone's father mother brother sister son daughter etc."
He was inept and the boss of a department where people died like Aoife Johnston
Not lost their jobs but died
Or kids whose future was taken off them because of scoliosis
Let's not even mention the children's hospital
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2 wrongs doesn't make a right. And if you feel he has been responsible for people dying and you are passionate about it then you should pursue it through civil and possibly criminal action. My point is no one should rejoice when anyone (not just him) looses their job. As I said I don't agree with the politics of it or indeed as you don't his performance. Im rather looking at the human side of people loosing their jobs such as the Green Party TDs or numerous other candidates cross spectrum. At the end of the day their boss boss, the people have made their judgement. |
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By *og-ManMan 5 weeks ago
somewhere |
"What is a racist? Give us an example of anyone who ran for election that made a racist remarks? "
Do you really need a list of the far right grifters who stood for election and got beaten so comprehensively
The max vote any one of them got was 3% of the Electorate
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By *oghunter33Woman 5 weeks ago
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"Waking up to great news ...
Donnelly loses his seat
In a long list of the worst minister ever he'd be up there towards the top
While I must state I don't like his politics no one should rejoice in anyone losing his or her jobs. Both he and all the other candidates that lost their job employ other sometimes family sometimes direct employees as support staff who have also lost their jobs their income and will suffer in some shape or form. Yes it is what it is and the voting public have decided put please don't rejoice in other people's losses they are human after all. Someone's father mother brother sister son daughter etc."
Are you for real?
It's part of being in politics and being in the public eye. I would have rejoiced in many more of them inept bunch gone but unfortunately it didn't happen. He got a fat salary over years and walks away with a fat pension. Also once you're in a high position like that you won't fall far. They do look after each other and he'll get a cushy job somewhere else and so will his entourage. |
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"Waking up to great news ...
Donnelly loses his seat
In a long list of the worst minister ever he'd be up there towards the top
While I must state I don't like his politics no one should rejoice in anyone losing his or her jobs. Both he and all the other candidates that lost their job employ other sometimes family sometimes direct employees as support staff who have also lost their jobs their income and will suffer in some shape or form. Yes it is what it is and the voting public have decided put please don't rejoice in other people's losses they are human after all. Someone's father mother brother sister son daughter etc."
You realised the majority of big party TDs that lose their seats end up in cushy roles within the party (advisory roles) or get appointed to the senead (John mcgahon for FG is a recent example as well as Jennifer murnane in carlow being another example for Ff) |
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By *oghunter33Woman 5 weeks ago
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Interesting result of the exit poll showed that nearly 60% of the young voters (18 to 34 year olds) said they preferred McDonald to lead the country.
Unlikely to happen, no country for young people...  |
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By *og-ManMan 5 weeks ago
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"Interesting result of the exit poll showed that nearly 60% of the young voters (18 to 34 year olds) said they preferred McDonald to lead the country.
Unlikely to happen, no country for young people... "
They'll have to wait for all the old people to die off first |
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By *habMan 5 weeks ago
Boomtown |
"Interesting result of the exit poll showed that nearly 60% of the young voters (18 to 34 year olds) said they preferred McDonald to lead the country.
Unlikely to happen, no country for young people...
They'll have to wait for all the old people to die off first "
Maybe they will have to get up off their A*ses and go out to vote |
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"Interesting result of the exit poll showed that nearly 60% of the young voters (18 to 34 year olds) said they preferred McDonald to lead the country.
Unlikely to happen, no country for young people...
They'll have to wait for all the old people to die off first
Maybe they will have to get up off their A*ses and go out to vote"
Ya all those people who only took part in exotic polls instead of voting eh |
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By (user no longer on site) 5 weeks ago
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The support staff losing their jobs, get redundancy. We are at full employment, there are alternative jobs out there.
Support staff choosing to work for political parties know their jobs can go, they get better redundancy rates to balance the risk. If possible they are moved around into other positions. It's all a choice. |
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By *oo32Man 5 weeks ago
tipperary |
"The support staff losing their jobs, get redundancy. We are at full employment, there are alternative jobs out there.
Support staff choosing to work for political parties know their jobs can go, they get better redundancy rates to balance the risk. If possible they are moved around into other positions. It's all a choice. "
A company we were subbed into once up a time,had to send managers to Eastern Europe on recruitment drives to get workers
The latest one was to the phillipines
Money was between 20 to 30 euros an hour
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There was no Labour or soc dem candidate here. Wouldn't go further left than that, so i was stuck with FF/FG. No requirement for pot holes to be filled so independents are useless in a general election |
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By *aseylee324Couple 5 weeks ago
Valley of Squinting Windows |
"A lot of people seem to struggle with the concept of democracy
The concept no
The outcome yes
If only there was some other form of ruling that could more easily dictate what I wanted....."
Indeed |
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