http://funferal.org/blog/2009/06/07/following-the-irish-election-at-home-and-abroad/ engraved and retouched and edgewiped and pudden-padded Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://funferal.org/blog/2009/06/07/following-the-irish-election-at-home-and-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-11843 CiaránMac Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:09:36 +0000 http://funferal.org/blog/?p=1354#comment-11843 By the way the count centre wasn't the same without you! By the way the count centre wasn’t the same without you!

]]> http://funferal.org/blog/2009/06/07/following-the-irish-election-at-home-and-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-11842 CiaránMac Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:08:34 +0000 http://funferal.org/blog/?p=1354#comment-11842 As a long-time Green member I can't wait for our party to get away from Fianna Fáil. They are the political equivalent of swine flu as I'm sure you know from the 1997 debacle. I prefer comparisons to 1992 where the PDs pulled out of coalition with FF over serious corruption in the beef industry and actually gained seats in the ensuing election, from a low of 3% in the opinion polls. I would like if FG and Labour could arrange an alternative government, and with the FG victory in the Dublin South bye-election the Dáil arithmetic makes it easier. Failing that, I would be happy with a general election which would certainly remove FF from power. There have been plenty of issues already which were serious enough to bring down the government if the party leadership wanted, and unfortunately I fully expect there will be more. As a long-time Green member I can’t wait for our party to get away from Fianna Fáil. They are the political equivalent of swine flu as I’m sure you know from the 1997 debacle. I prefer comparisons to 1992 where the PDs pulled out of coalition with FF over serious corruption in the beef industry and actually gained seats in the ensuing election, from a low of 3% in the opinion polls. I would like if FG and Labour could arrange an alternative government, and with the FG victory in the Dublin South bye-election the Dáil arithmetic makes it easier. Failing that, I would be happy with a general election which would certainly remove FF from power. There have been plenty of issues already which were serious enough to bring down the government if the party leadership wanted, and unfortunately I fully expect there will be more.

]]> http://funferal.org/blog/2009/06/07/following-the-irish-election-at-home-and-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-11840 Andrew Ó Baoill Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:41:25 +0000 http://funferal.org/blog/?p=1354#comment-11840 A correction: Ireland had dropped from 15 to 13 seats before 2004, so the drop this time is only from 13 to 12 seats. A correction: Ireland had dropped from 15 to 13 seats before 2004, so the drop this time is only from 13 to 12 seats.

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