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Local Elections 2009

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    #152
    Stan Nangle
    Registered Users Posts: 196 ✭✭Stan Nangle


    The candidates have done their bit, setting out their stall.

    Now it's up to the voters to pick the team they want to be their representatives on the Councils over the next 5 years.


    It doesn't matter who you vote for, but please do vote. The combined total of first preferences for the six Councillors elected last time was 400 less than the number of people who didn't vote at all. If those people had voted we might have had six different Councillors.


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    #153
    Jim_Are_Great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Jim_Are_Great


    Who's got the balls to call it once and for all?


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    #154
    Gulamugas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭Gulamugas


    here goes

    Anne marie power
    Lola O' Sullivan
    Joe Conway
    Paddy O callaghan
    Blaise
    Stan
    Gina
    Reine
    Martina

    County

    Carey
    Lola
    Anne marie
    Pat daly
    Blaise
    Paddy
    Last one too hard to call
    Stan/pat barron/geoff?


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    #155
    Jim_Are_Great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Jim_Are_Great


    Who are Martina and Roger?


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    #156
    Gulamugas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭Gulamugas


    Martina keoghan fg
    And sorry pat barron not roger


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    #157
    Jim_Are_Great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Jim_Are_Great


    Maxine Keoghan?


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    #158
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    In no particular order and not fully complete as I really cant fully call it but..

    Town::
    Lola O'Sullivan
    Joe Conway
    Eleanor Hickey
    Anne Marie Power
    Paddy O'Callaghan
    Blaise
    Stan
    Maxine / James McCartan
    Joe O'Shea/Gina

    (Since James did so poor in the last election, it might be to hard for him to be re-elected.. but I could be wrong)
    County::
    John Carey
    Pat Barron
    Lola O'Sulivan
    Ann Marie Power
    Paddy O'Callaghan
    Blaise


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    #159
    Gulamugas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭Gulamugas


    Sorry Jim, Maxine.

    Sully what about John carey...surely he will head the poll


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    #160
    Jim_Are_Great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Jim_Are_Great


    I'm going (incomplete and unordered)

    Town:
    Conway
    Power
    O'Sullivan
    Hannigan
    Nangle
    O'Callaghan
    Huchinson-Kelly


    County:
    Carey
    Conway
    A.M. Power
    O'Callaghan
    Barron


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    #161
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Gulamugas wrote: »
    Sorry Jim, Maxine.

    Sully what about John carey...surely he will head the poll

    I knew I was missing a name, thanks. He has climbed vote count wise, should have no problem getting in this time.

    EDIT: I also think Conway will top the poll in Tramore.


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    #162
    Jim_Are_Great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Jim_Are_Great


    Sully wrote: »
    I also think Conway will top the poll in Tramore.

    If he does, he's almost guaranteed a county place.

    Edit: care to make it interesting?

    Second Edit: Actually no, I'd probably agree with you, so no bets taken. Not from me anyway.


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    #163
    Gulamugas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭Gulamugas


    I agree lads.


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    #164
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Jim_Are_Great wrote: »
    If he does, he's almost guaranteed a county place.

    Edit: care to make it interesting?

    Second Edit: Actually no, I'd probably agree with you, so no bets taken. Not from me anyway.

    It should be interesting. Some think AM Power may top it but Joe was probably the better candidate for Tramore and was great during his term as Major. Thats why I would think he should win it easily, but perhaps not so easily in the county.


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    #165
    Jim_Are_Great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Jim_Are_Great


    Ok, I'm making my final call:

    Town:
    Conway
    Power
    O'Sullivan
    Hannigan
    Nangle
    O'Callaghan
    Huchinson-Kelly
    Raine
    Clune

    County:
    Carey
    Conway
    A.M. Power
    O'Callaghan
    Barron
    Daly
    G. Power

    With Conway to top in the town and either Conway or Carey to top in the county.


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    #166
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    What makes you think Tom Raine will get in ahead of FF? A new candidate to politics, very young..


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    #167
    Jim_Are_Great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Jim_Are_Great


    Well, I have one FF town candidate. To be honest, I got to seven names and after that it was guess work. There's several people there who haven't a hope, and a few who are very much long shots. I put down Raine, and for the sake of seeing who's right tomorrow I'm sticking with him, but it could just have easily been a lot of others.

    Hope I'm wrong, I must say. I can't see people being all that comfortable with coming to a kid with their problems.


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    #168
    Gulamugas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭Gulamugas


    Apparently there was a bit of conceded effort by a group of first time voters to vote fir raine as their man. I understand they were all plumpers.


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    #169
    Jim_Are_Great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Jim_Are_Great


    Oh also, while I suppose it's technically off-topic, I'm saying Burke, Sinnott, Crowley and Kelly for Europe.


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    #170
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Gulamugas wrote: »
    Apparently there was a bit of conceded effort by a group of first time voters to vote fir raine as their man. I understand they were all plumpers.

    Who got seconds? :D


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    #171
    CantGetNoSleep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,249 ✭✭✭CantGetNoSleep


    Jim_Are_Great wrote: »
    Oh also, while I suppose it's technically off-topic, I'm saying Burke, Sinnott, Crowley and Kelly for Europe.
    Only 3 seats in Europe

    Should be

    Crowley
    S Kelly

    and one of A Kelly, Sinnott(please god not) and Burke

    Stafford looked like a candidate but some of his policies seem absurd (eg citizenship based taxation)


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    #172
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Jim_Are_Great wrote: »
    Oh also, while I suppose it's technically off-topic, I'm saying Burke, Sinnott, Crowley and Kelly for Europe.

    Sinnott eh. Struggled in polls but perhaps. Crowely isn't a prediction, he's a shoe in for god sake. Top the poll he will. Which Kelly? Sean or Alan?


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    #173
    CantGetNoSleep
    Registered Users Posts: 7,249 ✭✭✭CantGetNoSleep


    Sully wrote: »
    What makes you think Tom Raine will get in ahead of FF? A new candidate to politics, very young..
    He has gotten very good publicity though, don't remember seeing any other candidate on national newspapers or radio (other than Power smiling beside him)


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    #174
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    I wonder could Power top again considering she was part of his coverage etc? Might increase her vote count and beat Joe to the top..


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    #175
    Jim_Are_Great
    Closed Accounts Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Jim_Are_Great


    CantGetNoSleep wrote: »
    Only 3 seats in Europe
    Oops...
    CantGetNoSleep wrote: »
    Stafford looked like a candidate but some of his policies seem absurd (eg citizenship based taxation)
    I gave him my #1. I like ideas, and he has plenty. He strikes me as a man looking to advertise himself for a tilt at the Dáil, though.
    Sully wrote: »
    Which Kelly? Sean or Alan?
    Good point. I was originally referring to Alan, but I wouldn't write off Sean.
    CantGetNoSleep wrote: »
    He has gotten very good publicity though, don't remember seeing any other candidate on national newspapers or radio (other than Power smiling beside him)
    Well fancy that! What a happy coincidence that Power should get free piggyback media coverage by coercing a stunt candidate into running! I bet she never even thought of that.


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    #176
    Gulamugas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭Gulamugas


    What a cliffhanger on the town and county. So much for predictions. Hard luck stan and jim


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    #177
    JeffTheJeff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭JeffTheJeff


    I'm pretty annoyed than Stan Nangle didn't get in. A very well qualified candidate, far more so than a lot of the successful candidates and a nice man from what I hear. I am glad that Tom Raine got in, he deserved it even for motivating young people to vote. I'm not of voting age by a few months but I did get the mother, father and best friend to vote Nangle no. 1 with Paddy O' Callaghan second. How does everyone else feel about the results?


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    #178
    Butterflyxx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭Butterflyxx


    Hi everyone! Im new here :D Said Id join in the fun conversation.

    So far the Tramore election results are as follows:

    Joe Conway topped the poll at 657 votes

    Ann Marie Power came second at 568

    Paddy O Callaghan came third at 488

    Lola O Sullivan came 4th at 460

    I also heard that Tom Raine got elected but I don't know how many votes he got.


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    #179
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Tramore Town Council was decided a good few hours ago. See the results thread - it was updated as each count came in including the final.

    Party wise.. no surprises for me really, I had a fair idea how it would work. As I predicted FG would get Lola & AM Power in easily, Lab would get Paddy O'Callaghan and Joe Conway would top the poll. I suspected FG would get a third seat, and possibly a fourth - which they did (Maxine and Raine were elected) I just didn't know who and felt a fourth seat may be pushing it. I also knew that we would end up with only one FF councillor. Blaise got in. I think its safe to say that the returning of the same councillors was fair, they are active and hard workers in their role.

    Where I went wrong was thinking Stan would be elected. Surprised at this, the only shock for me, as I thought he should have no problems in the town. I would wonder if being a GP member made a difference, as it seems a trend that Greens lost a lot in these elections. I assumed people would see him for who he is and what he is offering, but I guess not. He was the last to be eliminated though, which is better then nothing.

    James McCartan lost out. I thought this might happen to him, especially since it was a tough battle and his last attempt being weak (he was co-opted in). I think that leaves us with Pat Finnerty who was elected due to Stan being eliminated. Didn't think he would get the slot, but fair play he managed to gain good ground and keep in with a shot. I know Pat, Maxine, Raine and Joe got in purely on the elimination but to be fair, they had good numbers with Maxine being very close to the quota.

    As for County Council - I dont have the full results but no surprise that Carey topped but jesus, Barron loosing out to Sinn Fein is the biggest shock. Plus, Pat Daily and Joe Conway got in, which is to be expected after Joe topping the poll in Tramore. Thats all I know at this stage, stunned that Barron never made the ticket and FFs Daily did!


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    #180
    aboyro
    Registered Users Posts: 261 ✭✭aboyro


    geoff power (dunmore fianna fail candidate) had mazzive transfers to daly (ff) and fitzgearld (dunmore sf) so that propelled the two of them towards the top. lola was waiting on 5 transfers from geoff but secured 29 and annemarie was waiting on 21 from him and got 24.which ensure thay made the quota. barron being eliminated next meant that the other candidates were elected without reaching the quota.

    very tight and exciting race :D


    comeragh have a recount this morrning at 11 due to 3 votes seperating o'leary and whelan. both ff'ers


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    #181
    rasper
    Registered Users Posts: 795 ✭✭✭rasper


    Very disappointed with the results , obviously the voters are very happy with the state of our town, roads, allocation of funds, etc to return the same candidates alongside with a secondary school student.
    Wonder how long before Blaise and Pat will display their FF colors, Blaise denied vehemently on my doorstep that he would but we'll see.

    Hard luck Stan , ya got two No.1s from our house, maybe ya should have left the Greens until after the election and then go back when all the fuss dies down, seems to work with the for some.


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