Tag Archives: Fianna Fail

The upcoming bloodbath of Mount St

Posted on January 5, 2011 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia As the prospect of securing a return to government recedes and the race for the succession gathers pace, the role of the Mount st insiders and where their loyalties lie could lead to a chaotic situation in … Continue reading →

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The Healy Raes are from Kilgarvan, not Killorglin.

Posted on December 21, 2010 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia Image by Shiny Things via Flickr Killorglin is a goat worshipping merchant town, Kilgarvan is the home of the Healy Raes. Kilgarvan consists of the local pub, garage, shop post office and plant hire business all owned … Continue reading →

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Why not have a FG Lab budget before the election?

Posted on November 24, 2010 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia Why is the government persisting with this idea that it has to be their budget or nothing? Why don’t FF and the Greens announce they are delaying the vote on the Budget by 2 weeks, allow FG and … Continue reading →

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The next election is too good to waste

Posted on November 22, 2010 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia I’m going to take issue with Jason’s reasons for his view that the next election is too good to waste on Fine Gael but then I’m going to end up agreeing with him for quite different reasons. … Continue reading →

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Imagine an Irish election with no transfers that mattered

Posted on November 9, 2010 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia It is entirely possible that Donegal South West might see an election with no significant transfers shifts of note. That the result will simply be decided on who does best on the first count. FF appear to … Continue reading →

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How FG might go about smothering FF

Posted on October 24, 2010 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia Today’s poll in the Sunday Business post from REDC shows FF at 18% with FG at 31%, Lab at 27%,Sf at 9%, Greens at 4% with Independents 10%. Such a result if replicated in a general election … Continue reading →

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The 81% election

Posted on October 4, 2010 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia It is entirely possible that all three major parties in Ireland could each poll around 27% a piece come the next general election. This would be due to the incumbency and name recognition factor benefiting FF and … Continue reading →

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FF’s strategy for salvation

Posted on September 20, 2010 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia For a good while now, I’ve thought that FF would use the next budget as a platform for the election. They would fight the election campaign on the basis of the detail of the budget and force … Continue reading →

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How might you run an election over Christmas?

Posted on July 19, 2010 by dsullivan

The date of  budget 2010 was Dec 9th 2009 which would imply that budget day 2011 is scheduled for Dec 8th 2010, if the governmwent were to fall on the budget vote we would have an election campaign taking place … Continue reading →

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Does Ivor Callely own any property at all?

Posted on July 14, 2010 by dsullivan

Yesterday Sen Callely said in respect of the property in West Cork that he was claiming allowances and mileage from that “I have a right to reside in west Cork but it’s not in my ownership.” This was in response … Continue reading →

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