Sligo-North Leitrim Election 2011 Mod Warning #290

dardevle

slapbangwallop wrote: »

settle down my overactive friend!

Colreavy is born and bred in Savilooloo Terrace.

that takes me back... although i always thought we were sabilulu's - but then, we also drank volka and axed people for things, just put it down to local grammar:) ... still we were a class above the galliogies:D


back to topic,it would appear that the Sligo boards poll was quite accurate in the end, in terms of who got elected and i was quite relieved that SNL was not one of the constituencies to return a FF candidate...the shame would have been unbearable:o




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proon4

irish-stew wrote: »

Another brief mention on RTE, about a minute total during the last 7 hours. We have a result

PERRY, John FG 11973 (8th count)
McLOUGHLIN, Tony FG 11508 (9th count)
COLREAVY, Michael SF 9771 (9th count)

My God !!! this is the best Sligo/Leitrim could come up with... John ( Expenses) Perry, Tony (Piggy Bank) Mc Laughlin, and Michael (Public Services) Colreavy. Perry is an noentity . Mc Laughlin will be saving his salary and expenses along with his holy communion money, and Colrevey will be spouting on about John Joe mc Girl and 1957.... Jesus!!!!!! Colreavey is just on RTE and guess what? He is recalling Mc Girls election win in 1957... oh God help us

proon4

ectoraige wrote: »

No, the count goes on. It's happened before that a candidate has conceded early, and gone on to take the last seat. Can't think for the life of me who it was, even though I was telling somebody all about it a few hours ago. I'm tired.

It was our beloved Ray Mc Sharry... He conceded defeat and slipped in on the last count... Cant say the same for his arrogant son Marc Mc Sharry

westtip

westtip wrote: »

I am delighted they have two candidates - they have effectively shot themselves in the foot of getting one seat - or at least i hope thats what they have done.

Apart from the fact he is FF - the main reason I won't vote McSharry is because I don't buy into all this "his dad was a great guy politics" and that goes for any party - its all a load of bollox. Look what this inherited seat nonsense and family dynsaty cr*p has given irish politics. Shoudl be a law against being allowed to stand if yoru father mother had a seat! I hope he comes to my door - I want to tell him to his face and I don't care what he has done in the Senate. his name on the ticket and going on about being his fathers son has nothing to do about lving in a meritocracy its more like feudalism.

Quoting myself here! from a few weeks back on 2nd of February, it seems I got this call spot on! FF truly did shoot themselves in the foot by being so arrogant as to put up two candidates - they got everything they deserved throughout the country it was just a pity they didn't fall below ten seats.

I am not particuarly pleased the shinner got in but really Bree and others need to luck at how they made sure Labour wasn't elected into the third seat, had we got a Labour seat the constituency would have been looking at three government TDs, now we have two Government TDs and a mouthpiece to increase social welfare for those that won't work. Those that will work will emigrate - we (the country) will be left with the claiming dollsters.

easkey

westtip wrote: »

they got everything they deserved throughout the country it was just a pity they didn't fall below ten seats.
YES-YES to this!!!!

As for Michael Colreavy of Sinn Féin.
I think he will do good things for this region and for Politics
in this Constituency.
I have found him to be a nice and help full man with no airs
Graces as i have met him in Sligo General Hospital.

So great job to.........
PERRY, John - McLOUGHLIN, Tony - COLREAVY, Michael.......
:D:D:D

UrbanSea

proon4 wrote: »

It was our beloved Ray Mc Sharry... He conceded defeat and slipped in on the last count... Cant say the same for his arrogant son Marc Mc Sharry

Would that be sarcasm about Ray MacSharry?

slapbangwallop

DULLAHAN2 wrote: »

Was the nominations not deadlocked between cawley and o'keefe when they decided to pull them out of a hat, cawley came out first but o'keefe won as it was she was left in the hat. I remember reading something along the lines of that when it happened.

You have love,bree and cawley that are ex labour,

Isnt the person first out of the hat usually the winner?

Anyway, Alwin Love ran in the local elections for Lie-bore last time around as well I think

slapbangwallop

dardevle wrote: »

that takes me back... although i always thought we were sabilulu's - but then, we also drank volka and axed people for things, just put it down to local grammar:) ... still we were a class above the galliogies:D


back to topic,it would appear that the Sligo boards poll was quite accurate in the end, in terms of who got elected and i was quite relieved that SNL was not one of the constituencies to return a FF candidate...the shame would have been unbearable:o


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er............nah yer nat! Galliogues Rule OK!

Well my opinion is that the poll is accurate as a sample of people that use the internet regularly. The demographics on the poll show largely male and generally younger electorate. These are less likely to have marked their card for Final Failure

slapbangwallop

proon4 wrote: »

My God !!! this is the best Sligo/Leitrim could come up with... John ( Expenses) Perry, Tony (Piggy Bank) Mc Laughlin, and Michael (Public Services) Colreavy. Perry is an noentity . Mc Laughlin will be saving his salary and expenses along with his holy communion money, and Colrevey will be spouting on about John Joe mc Girl and 1957.... Jesus!!!!!! Colreavey is just on RTE and guess what? He is recalling Mc Girls election win in 1957... oh God help us

Imagine, a newly elected Sinn Fein candidate referring to the last time a Sinn Fein candidate got elected, whatever next?

:cool:

Pete M.

westtip wrote: »

...a mouthpiece to increase social welfare for those that won't work....

That is possibly the stupidest thing that has been said during the course of this thread.

Colreavy may be a 'mouthpiece' for those 450,000 who are currently unemployed, but there are damn all of them who wouldn't grab the opportunity to work if there were jobs.

Our FG TDs will most likely vote to increase corporate welfare for the Banks. Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor. Business as usual.

I will be very interested to see how McLoughlin will do. As we kept hearing yesterday, he has waited 30 years to get into the Dail, and now he has entered what may well be the most difficult job in the Country. I personally would have my doubts, but good luck to him anyway. Nice guy, but if it had been done by interview, I don't think he would have gotten the job.

I for one do not welcome our new FG overlords. We shall continue to go down the road of paying off a debt which was accrued by a very small number of people, but it is expected by the EU/IMF to be paid off by all of us and our kids and grandkids and which is essentially unpayable.

FG will represent the interests of business and the better off to the detriment of those who have nothing and who are expected to pay for the sins of the few.
Will we get massive political reform with the next government? No.
Will we have a government who will stand up to the EU/IMF? No.
Will this Country be back on it's feet by the centenary of the Rising? No.

Good luck to all those elected, they all worked hard to get there and they have been chosen by the electorate.

But I think that we are in for some very difficult times ahead, I hope they are up to the job.

And if you think that Bree, Cawley, Love etc. should have put aside their differences to ensure a Labour TD was elected, then you should first ask why FF and FG didn't put aside their even lesser actual differences for the good of the Country years ago.

But that isn't how it works is it?

UrbanSea

I think a lot of people think that a new government is like a magic cure for economic meltdown,it isn't. Many are so adamant that FF are the reason this country got into a recession. Let's be realistic here. Every country in Europe went into recession,an island with 4 million or so people isn't going to escape that fact,no matter who is in power.

proon4

slapbangwallop wrote: »

Imagine, a newly elected Sinn Fein candidate referring to the last time a Sinn Fein candidate got elected, whatever next?

:cool:

That was 54 yrs ago.....All my life ive been listening to Leitrim people talking about JJ Mc Girl and his win... FFS The country is in a mess, our kids are leaving by the thousands and were back listening about a flash in the pan election win by some guy almost 60 yrs ago. Micheal Colreavy should be looking forward , not back. But then again Sligo/North Leitrim probably has 3 of the least effective TDs in the country.Average age is about 60. Almost as bad as the last 3 muppets we had representing us in the last Dail....God helps us

slapbangwallop

proon4 wrote: »

That was 54 yrs ago.....All my life ive been listening to Leitrim people talking about JJ Mc Girl and his win... FFS The country is in a mess, our kids are leaving by the thousands and were back listening about a flash in the pan election win by some guy almost 60 yrs ago. Micheal Colreavy should be looking forward , not back. But then again Sligo/North Leitrim probably has 3 of the least effective TDs in the country.Average age is about 60. Almost as bad as the last 3 muppets we had representing us in the last Dail....God helps us

He just mentioned it for God sake, he aint getting a tattoo of it on his arse!

You obviously have an issue about Colreavy or Sinn Fein but its manifesting itself in a very strange way.

If he yaps about JJ McGirl if every speech he has his year then you will have a point but its generally costumary to mention such events when you get election.

Sure everyone was at it last night across the political spectrum. "This is the first time since 1934 that there hasnt not been a FF canditate for East Westport" or "never before has the Dail been without a Lemass or Haughey family member in it since they invented baby wetwipes"

Get over it, you are embarrassing yourself!

bennyc

Quackles wrote: »

Woooooo result!!!!!!!!



That is all

Congrats

dartbhoy

People would want to chill out! Colreavy is barely an elected TD yet there's people on here criticising him already before he sets foot in Leinster house! As for talking about John Joe McGirl's election back in 1957 politicians from all the parties are always recalling past elections,don't see what harm is in that?

edolan

Sad day for Sligo when two Fine Gael candidates get elected, I believe that a lot of people around the country didn't know who to vote for and seen that Fine Gael were topping the polls and just decided to pick them so they would be on the winning team.

slapbangwallop

edolan wrote: »

Sad day for Sligo when two Fine Gael candidates get elected, I believe that a lot of people around the country didn't know who to vote for and seen that Fine Gael were topping the polls and just decided to pick them so they would be on the winning team.

er, naw!

Sligo-Leitrim traditionally always returns two FG TD's until the MacSharry era.

And I dont think that people voted for FG because they were the winning team elect, it is more likely that they basically espouse the same views and values as FF (or as close as damnit) without having to vote for FF who were naughty and deserved to be put in detention

Gipo3

Just a matter of time for cancer services to be restored so.

Mint Sauce

Gipo3 wrote: »

Just a matter of time for cancer services to be restored so.

That answer did not come freely, he was really pushed for an answer there. 100 days I think was the answer given at the Bigticket.

Its no centre of excellance but its a step in the right direction, not just for Sligo but the whole NW, thats assuming he keeps his word.

edolan

slapbangwallop wrote: »

er, naw!

Sligo-Leitrim traditionally always returns two FG TD's until the MacSharry era.

And I dont think that people voted for FG because they were the winning team elect, it is more likely that they basically espouse the same views and values as FF (or as close as damnit) without having to vote for FF who were naughty and deserved to be put in detention

I know about the pre MacSharry era, just said it was a sad day as Fine Gael will do very little to change things, but I really do believe that a lot of people around the country did vote for them because they were precieved to be the best alternative according to the polls, bottom line is the people of Ireland are afraid of real change, always voting either Fianna Fail or Fine Gael who are as you said are pretty close to each other.

Pete M.

irish-stew wrote: »

That answer did not come freely, he was really pushed for an answer there. 100 days I think was the answer given at the Bigticket.

Its no centre of excellance but its a step in the right direction, not just for Sligo but the whole NW, thats assuming he keeps his word.

It was a 'satellite' facility that JP promised within 100 days of being elected at the Big Ticket. Only 99 to go then....

How they will manage to staff that facility is another question when there are 30,000 public sector job losses on the cards.

Though there's no time line or limit to this and it will be done in accordance with the Croke Park deal.

With Colreavy having been a prominent Union member and formerly employed by the HSE, this issue will certainly come up sooner rather than later.

The fun has only started.

ectoraige

It's typical Irish really. After a decade of economic mismanagement from a market-obedient centre-right party, we replace them with a market-obedient centre-right party. Meanwhile, we obliterate the only party whose policies, had they been implemented over the last ten years, might have avoided the entire unsustainable mess in the first place.

While I have to hand it to the people of Sligo for turning their back on Fianna Fáil, it's a shame the left couldn't gain a second seat, and would have preferred any of the others to Colreavy.

Still, there's some good news - I believe I'm owed a kebab.

Mint Sauce

Pete M. wrote: »

It was a 'satellite' facility that JP promised within 100 days of being elected at the Big Ticket. Only 99 to go then....

How they will manage to staff that facility is another question when there are 30,000 public sector job losses on the cards.

Though there's no time line or limit to this and it will be done in accordance with the Croke Park deal.

With Colreavy having been a prominent Union member and formerly employed by the HSE, this issue will certainly come up sooner rather than later.

The fun has only started.

Thats kinda what I was getting at. SO'K wanted a centre of excellence, JP would not commit to an answer on it. The satallite or a restoration of services was the best he would commit to under pressure of questions/the crowd.

This commitment does not just affect Sligo, but the whole NW.

ectoraige

Pete M. wrote: »

It was a 'satellite' facility that JP promised within 100 days of being elected at the Big Ticket. Only 99 to go then....

How they will manage to staff that facility is another question when there are 30,000 public sector job losses on the cards.

Though there's no time line or limit to this and it will be done in accordance with the Croke Park deal.

With Colreavy having been a prominent Union member and formerly employed by the HSE, this issue will certainly come up sooner rather than later.

The fun has only started.

In fairness, the 31st Dáil doesn't convene until the 9th of March, so that'll give Perry until the 17th of June to get the funding sorted, he's proven well capable of spending money anyway.

Pete M.

irish-stew wrote: »

Thats kinda what I was getting at. SO'K wanted a centre of excellence, JP would not commit to an answer on it. The satallite or a restoration of services was the best he would commit to under pressure of questions/the crowd.

This commitment does not just affect Sligo, but the whole NW.

I know Stew.

Hopefully (though I can't see where the money will come from) we will see this issue dealt with to our satisfaction over the coming months.

Time for a new thread methinks.....

Well when people start giving out about posters still being up, this would be the place I suppose. I was out taking a few down already.

And yes I did take the cable ties as well and all of the candidates have 7 days from the date of the election to have them down. Just so y'all know.

Roll on GE12....

Pete M.

ectoraige wrote: »

In fairness, the 31st Dáil doesn't convene until the 9th of March, so that'll give Perry until the 17th of June to get the funding sorted, he's proven well capable of spending money anyway.

Ah jaysus! The back peddling has started already!!!!

Only messing :P

So let's say if FG haven't restored cancer services by 17th June, that it will be an example of another broken promise.

He'll be hard pressed to spend money that isn't there I'm afraid.

Gipo3

Pete M. wrote: »

So let's say if FG haven't restored cancer services by 17th June, that it will be an example of another broken promise.

He'll be hard pressed to spend money that isn't there I'm afraid.

They promised it so I would call it a lie if they do not get it done.

Quackles

Gipo3 wrote: »

They promised it so I would call it a lie if they do not get it done.

Let us not forget that O'Keeffe says Labour is committed to a centre of excellence in Sligo with or without her involvement (the Big Ticket), and that it was a 'red line' for the party with regards to getting involved in the government (I believe it was ocean fm). So I'll be watching.

Essexboy

proon4 wrote: »

It was our beloved Ray Mc Sharry... He conceded defeat and slipped in on the last count... Cant say the same for his arrogant son Marc Mc Sharry

or his first cousin Michael Clarke!

UrbanSea

ectoraige wrote: »

It's typical Irish really. After a decade of economic mismanagement from a market-obedient centre-right party, we replace them with a market-obedient centre-right party. Meanwhile, we obliterate the only party whose policies, had they been implemented over the last ten years, might have avoided the entire unsustainable mess in the first place.

While I have to hand it to the people of Sligo for turning their back on Fianna Fáil, it's a shame the left couldn't gain a second seat, and would have preferred any of the others to Colreavy.

Still, there's some good news - I believe I'm owed a kebab.

Just ordered my kebab and large curry chip :cool: