When are the elections

RS6

As above.

Chakar

March 4th - 5th.

kerry4sam

What were the results? Were their any appeals? Any surprises?

Frankieb

Just wondering myself. There was loads of hype yesterday but I haven't heard anything. Is the count over? How do you find out who won?

liamygunner29

Scott aherne welfare,paddy ryan c and c, mike pat ents, donnacha o suilebhan and redmond and hanratty on waitin on results of chris bonds second prefrance after julian brophy and rons couldnt be used to find a winner

kerry4sam

Cheers, typical of elections - some positions won't be filled until about a week after the vote

Breezer

liamygunner29 wrote: »

Scott aherne welfare,paddy ryan c and c, mike pat ents, donnacha o suilebhan and redmond and hanratty on waitin on results of chris bonds second prefrance after julian brophy and rons couldnt be used to find a winner

Looking like it's shaping up to be all the people I voted for. Unlike last year when I don't think even one of the people I voted for got in!

spudington16

Breezer wrote: »

Looking like it's shaping up to be all the people I voted for. Unlike last year when I don't think even one of the people I voted for got in!

Ha well if your choice of backing is as canny in SU elections as it is with political parties you might be a while waiting...

Breezer

spudington16 wrote: »

Ha well if your choice of backing is as canny in SU elections as it is with political parties you might be a while waiting...

Like until June?

Oddly enough, I've heard quite a few people rate this year's union as a bit of a disaster. Where else could that be applied now?

Ahem, yes, back on topic...

Pride Fighter

Who on earth is Mike Pat??? Gary Ward was robbed.

spudington16

Breezer wrote: »

Like until June?

Touché! :pac:

Yeah, the election this year was underwhelming; most of the candidates were carbon copies of each other and no-one really inspired any great confidence... God help us on the President front...

Breezer

spudington16 wrote: »

Touché! :pac:

Yeah, the election this year was underwhelming; most of the candidates were carbon copies of each other and no-one really inspired any great confidence... God help us on the President front...

Are you talking about the incumbents or the union we've just voted on? I actually thought some of the candidates were quite good this year. Others were more... outlandish, shall we say.

Any word on Redmond v Hanratty?

mad lad

Redmond won by 24. Shelly is going over the ballots again though.

So that's Redmond, Ryan, Ahearn, O' Suilleabhain & Mike Pat...good luck to the SU next year

spudington16

Well not one candidate (to the best of my knowledge) had the backbone to take a stance on the fees issue by offer anything more solid than "I'm against them."

Speaking of which, I wish the SU had given us proper notice about that referendum; there was no time to put together a proper 'No' side...

Tayto2000

spudington16 wrote: »

Well not one candidate (to the best of my knowledge) had the backbone to take a stance on the fees issue by offer anything more solid than "I'm against them."

Speaking of which, I wish the SU had given us proper notice about that referendum; there was no time to put together a proper 'No' side...

I don't know that that's entirely fair... the FEE candidates were offering 'direct action', however vague. I think they probably suffered from being perceived as single issue candidates... An anti fee stance is pretty much compulsory for any candidate anyway.


Maybe the Pro Lisbon side should take notes on the referendum

PrivateEye

Well not one candidate (to the best of my knowledge) had the backbone to take a stance on the fees issue by offer anything more solid than "I'm against them."

Rubbish.

The three FEE candidates had all taken part in blockades and occupations against fees. They've been making solid demands against fees that go well beyond 'I'm against them'

They've also been in contact with secondary school student unions and the likes, and organised a solid national campaign- taking the campaigns group to all the NUI colleges and further.

The fact known members of Ógra FF were saying 'Oh I'm against fees too' meant that the candidates who've actively fought fees were lost among those who're filling their CVs.

Pride Fighter

spudington16 wrote: »

Well not one candidate (to the best of my knowledge) had the backbone to take a stance on the fees issue by offer anything more solid than "I'm against them."

Speaking of which, I wish the SU had given us proper notice about that referendum; there was no time to put together a proper 'No' side...

They are mostly Fianna Failers except for Scotty Ahearn and maybe one other. Its a disgrace that those parasites who have destroyed the country now have our fair university in their sights.

Breezer

Pride Fighter wrote: »

They are mostly Fianna Failers except for Scotty Ahearn and maybe one other. Its a disgrace that those parasites who have destroyed the country now have our fair university in their sights.

If I can get over it so can the rest of you TBH I don't care what party they're from as long as they form an efficient SU.

How many of them are FF anyway? As far as I know only Paddy Ryan and Dani Pender. And to be fair to Ryan, he stated that if it came to FF loyalty vs SU loyalty on the fees issue, he'd resign from FF. That, combined with the fact that he seemed a lot more reasonable than his opponent, was what gave him my vote.

spudington16

PrivateEye wrote: »

Rubbish.

The three FEE candidates had all taken part in blockades and occupations against fees. They've been making solid demands against fees that go well beyond 'I'm against them'

Yes, but not one of them had the backbone to admit the reality that fees are on the way back whether we like it or not, and not one suggested a realistic strategy to get the best deal for students, given the circumstances.

Breezer

spudington16 wrote: »

Yes, but not one of them had the backbone to admit the reality that fees are on the way back whether we like it or not, and not one suggested a realistic strategy to get the best deal for students, given the circumstances.

I see (and agree with) your point, but there really would have been no point in them doing this. It would have been political suicide. You saw what happened with the referendum.

dajaffa

FYI: Scottie + Paddy are FG

Gary, Mike Pat + Donnocha are FF, Donnocha said at hustings he would leave the party.

Breezer

dajaffa wrote: »

FYI: Scottie + Paddy are FG

Gary, Mike Pat + Donnocha are FF, Donnocha said at hustings he would leave the party.

Woops, slightly embarrassing mix up on my part there! Meh, like I said, I didn't vote based on political allegiances. I'll save that for a few months.

delta_bravo

Is it true that Mike Pat is the son of Ceann Comhairle John O'Donoughue?

Alyosha

delta_bravo wrote: »

Is it true that Mike Pat is the son of Ceann Comhairle John O'Donoughue?

Yep. Think he'll be a good Ents officer, has a lot of union and society experience.

I only voted for three people....congrats to Mike Pat and Donncha, unlucky Chris Bond!

delta_bravo

Alyosha wrote: »

Yep. Think he'll be a good Ents officer, has a lot of union and society experience.

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I guess he wants to avert his return to the wilds of Cahirciveen for another year,

Anyone know who got President in the end?

Riamfada

Im pretty sure it was Gary.


Completely off topic but has anyone noticed the sheer quantity of first years going around repeating manifesto and candidate speeches in order to appear knowledgable about the union. I love first years. They are so stupid

princess-sprkle

Pretty glad i won't be here next year now after some of those results, one in particular.

Riamfada

princess-sprkle wrote: »

Pretty glad i won't be here next year now after some of those results, one in particular.

I enjoyed the elections because to me it didnt really matter who won . But PS tell us ... which one in particular?

rainbow kirby

Grimes wrote: »

Completely off topic but has anyone noticed the sheer quantity of first years going around repeating manifesto and candidate speeches in order to appear knowledgable about the union. I love first years. They are so stupid

Bless their little cotton socks :pac:

dajaffa

Redmond won the recount by 31 votes, the first count he had won by 24.

Riamfada

So the winners are

Gary Redmond - President
Paddy Ryan - Campaigns
Mike Pat O'Donoghue - Ents
Donnacha O'Sullivan - Education
Scottie Ahearn - Welfare

I have to say I am actually very suprised by the voter turnout and the way people voted. Well done to all the winners.