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Dublin South Central, what ya think?

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  • 26-05-2007 7:22pm
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    tywy
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    Latest News from Dublin South Central (www.irishelection.com)

    Word from the count centre is that Catherine Byrne (FG) is going to be elected without reaching quota on the final count, which means that Aongus O’Snodaigh (SF) will shade it ahead of Eric Byrne (Lab), with just 67 votes between them.

    Right now papers are being re-checked to make sure that none of Eric’s votes went to Catherine by mistake, since they both have the same surname. There’s talk that Labour will be calling for a full recount.

    It’s second time unlucky for Byrne, who lost out in 1997 to FF’s Ben Briscoe by a similarly small number of votes. He’s written probably the single best blog by any candidate throughout the campaign

    I reckon Eric Byrne is gone, although there's still some hope. Anybody but Sinn Fein, eh?


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    Zaph
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    On the RTE website O'Snodaigh is in. Pity that, I would have loved to see the Shinners lose another one.


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    A Dub in Glasgo
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    According ot irishelection.com, Byrne has conceded; that that leaves SF on 4 seats with Labour on 20.

    edit: confirmed on RTE
    http://www.rte.ie/news/elections2007/results/constit-18.html


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    E92
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    When you consider that there was no Gay Mitchell to help them out in South Central, FG did very well, perhaps at the expense of Labour getting a second seat. At least O Snodaigh was made sit it out, barely getting in.


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    Zaph
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    E92 wrote:
    At least O Snodaigh was made sit it out, barely getting in.

    That's absolutely no consolation, he's in. I'd have even preferred a PD to a Shinner getting in.


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    tywy
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    The PDs in this constituency were laughable.

    Serves Eric Byrne right not getting in really... 67 votes, he pissed off a good few people in Terenure pushing the ban of a left turn onto a certain road in Terenure, a road he lives on. Screwed a lot of Terenure over by ruining the traffic in Terenure. I know he lost 4 votes in this house over it. Noone in my house put him on their ballot paper even though we do vote Labour


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