Sligo-North Leitrim Election 2011 Mod Warning #290

red sean

Thats it for now. Here comes the the exciting bit. Watching certain smug gits get what was coming to them!! Roll on the count!

Slidey

I never even knwe Private Dick Cahill was running in it.

Doubt that (insert many unpleasant things here) will get many votes

tedshredsonfire

elections can always turn up a surprise or two we will see what happens tomorrow.

UrbanSea

About 50% turn out at my station before 7,could be a high turnout.

Mint Sauce

Voted 1 - 10, had been considering up untill this morning to give an 11th preference, but come today could just not bring my self round to it.

Lornen

irish-stew wrote: »

Voted 1 - 10, had been considering up untill this morning to give an 11th preference, but come today could just not bring my self round to it.

I voted 10 - 13 as my least favourites. Thought I was being a right wee smart arse, then my OH tells me "oh I'm just going to leave out FG and FF altogether, if you vote for them, even in final positions, they still get a share of the vote..

My face?

Quackles

Slidey wrote: »

I never even knwe Private Dick Cahill was running in it.

Doubt that (insert many unpleasant things here) will get many votes

I wasn't aware he'd had a reputation, I'd never heard of him before

UrbanSea

I'm in the same boat Quackles.

Quackles

Lornen wrote: »

I voted 10 - 13 as my least favourites. Thought I was being a right wee smart arse, then my OH tells me "oh I'm just going to leave out FG and FF altogether, if you vote for them, even in final positions, they still get a share of the vote..

Yup, if you give them a number at all, there is a possibility they will get elected with your help There were only two candidates who didn't get a preference from me. (No, not the two FF's, I gave Scanlon a low one ). I figured if it came down to the wire and it was between Scanlon and Satan, I'd pick Scanlon.

So on to the count tomorrow! I dunno about you guys, but I find this one IMPOSSIBLE to call.

Lornen

Quackles wrote: »

Yup, if you give them a number at all, there is a possibility they will get elected with your help There were only two candidates who didn't get a preference from me. (No, not the two FF's, I gave Scanlon a low one ). I figured if it came down to the wire and it was between Scanlon and Satan, I'd pick Scanlon.

So on to the count tomorrow! I dunno about you guys, but I find this one IMPOSSIBLE to call.

Crap sticks :mad:
Yeah, I'm not going hazard a guess.
I didn't know people were betting on it though!
Talk about risky!

Quackles

Lornen wrote: »

Crap sticks :mad:
Yeah, I'm not going hazard a guess.
I didn't know people were betting on it though!
Talk about risky!

that's why it's called a bet and not an investment

UrbanSea

I didn't bother voting in the end.
Watched the racing at Wolverhampton instead.

westtip

Lornen wrote: »

I just think that when a party's Deputy Spokesperson for Equality, isn't up for giving every citizen of this country equal rights, what hope do they have?

.

What on earth did Linda Creighton say - I am just watching her on VB tonight - shes a complete babe. Would deffo have got my vote if I lived in her constituency.

UrbanSea

Can't wait to see the results tomorrow.
I was messing in an earlier post btw,I did of course vote.

Buford T Justice

UrbanSea wrote: »

Can't wait to see the results tomorrow.
I was messing in an earlier post btw,I did of course vote.

I was just gonna say, shame on you!

I voted, and I take great pleasure in not giving FF any votes at all. i did vote for everyone else, but just because I wanted to shaft FF as much as possible. I may not make any difference, but I am happy in the knowledge that whatever happens, I did my bit.

Konata

Voted, just did a 1 and 2, they're all I want in government.

Very excited for tomorrow and delighted that there was such a high turnout!

TequilaMockingBird

Ocean FM tweet:

MCR Booth 3 (That's where I voted)

1. McLoughlin 85

2. Colreavy 61

3. Bree 59

red sean

Would have expected something like that. Any word on V Cawley, TMB?

Mint Sauce

red sean wrote: »

Would have expected something like that. Any word on V Cawley, TMB?

Early tally for sligo town, from twitter

Bree (Ind) 19% Cawley (Ind) 8% Colreavy (SF) 14% MacSharry (FF) 13% McLoughlin (FG) 20% O'Keeffe (Lab) 14% Perry (FG) 6% Scanlon (FF) 3 %

Redders825

So how are we looking now? im in Dublin but listening on Ocean FM, hoping McLoughlin gets in and MacSharry doesnt.

Lornen

westtip wrote: »

What on earth did Linda Creighton say - I am just watching her on VB tonight - shes a complete babe. Would deffo have got my vote if I lived in her constituency.

http://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/creighton-doesnrsquot-support-equality-2554176.html


Not a big deal for some, but a pretty big deal for 10% of Ireland's population.
Sad of her to try making it about "children" and how she wasn't for gay marriage as gay couples can't conceive.
I just don't know how she can justify her opinion as who would deny an infertile couple the rights to be wed as well as older couples who are no long able to conceive? Should they be cast into the shame bucket along with all of the gays?!

Ha, silly woman. Spokesperson for Justice and Equality my arse.

shellmiester

FG John perry 22%
FG Tony McLoughlin 15%
LAB Susan O Keeffe 12%
SF Micahel Colreavy 11%
FF Eamonn Scanlon 11%
FF Marc Mc Sharry 10 %
IND Declan Bree 9%

No boxes from Leitrim open yet so all to play for

UrbanSea

Colreavy looks like a shoe in. First Sinn Fein candidate to get in in 54 years by the looks of it.

UrbanSea

Shoe in was a bit strong.Not so confident now.

shellmiester

latest rte tally has positioned mcsharry in 3rd, scanlon and o keeffe in tied 4th and colreavey in 5th

red sean

Lornen, dare I say, you're starting to sound like a "parish pump" politician. Harping on about one issue that you ( and 10% of the pop.) feel strongly about, while 90% of the pop. have a lot more concerns. The tweet of one politician is a tiny issue in the mess that is our country right now. The important thing is to have a strong Govt. that will guide and rule properly on all issues for all people. But this will not happen overnight.

Lornen

red sean wrote: »

Lornen, dare I say, you're starting to sound like a "parish pump" politician. Harping on about one issue that you ( and 10% of the pop.) feel strongly about, while 90% of the pop. have a lot more concerns. The tweet of one politician is a tiny issue in the mess that is our country right now. The important thing is to have a strong Govt. that will guide and rule properly on all issues for all people. But this will not happen overnight.

*coughs loudly*

AHEM

Pretty sure I mentioned this already..

Did I?

Post #367 in this thread?!

Lornen wrote:

I just think that when a party's Deputy Spokesperson for Equality, isn't up for giving every citizen of this country equal rights, what hope do they have?

I know this might not be a deal breaker for alot of people, sure economic issues are what everyone's looking at and there may be "bigger fish to fry" so to speak, but I think alienating 10% of Ireland's population is ridiculous and I want nothing to do with FG after that.

Mint Sauce

First count completed. Quota 11,108

PERRY, John FG 8663
McLOUGHLIN, Tony FG 7715
COLREAVY, Michael SF 5911
SCANLON, Eamon FF 5075
MacSHARRY, Marc FF 4633
O'KEEFFE, Susan LAB 4553
CLARKE, Michael Noel IND 2415
BREE, Declan IND 2284
CAWLEY, Veronica IND 1119
LOVE, Alwyn Robert IND 779
McSHARRY, Gabriel IND 747
GOGAN, Johnny GP 432 (excluded)
CAHILL, Dick IND 102 (excluded)

shellmiester

Perry 8703
McLoughlin 7778
Colreavy 5973
Scanlon 5097
O Keeffe 4709
Macsharry 4647
Clarke 2431
Bree 2334
Cawley 1140
Love 836

Gabriel Mcsharry has been eliminated and his 770 votes will be distributed

Mint Sauce

2 counts and a long way of the quota, it could be long evening/night.