Tipperary North election thread

CrowdedHouse

feelingstressed wrote: »

Done and done :cool:

Anyone else checking in?

Yep..around noon, steady stream of voters that time.

Just noticed this morning my polling card had no polling station or number on it - blank. No hassle though, I know the presiding officer.

up tipp 2010

Just back from casting my vote, but was a little surprised that the Presiding Officer was asking the person ahead of me for proof of identity as i saw the person giving their polling card to the Presiding Officer. Were many people asked to show I.D even after showing their polling card?

Cat Melodeon

up tipp 2010 wrote: »

Just back from casting my vote, but was a little surprised that the Presiding Officer was asking the person ahead of me for proof of identity as i saw the person giving their polling card to the Presiding Officer. Were many people asked to show I.D even after showing their polling card?

This is standard practice if the officers don't know you personally. There's no photo on the polling card, you could be anyone. In fact you don't even need your polling card to vote, but you DO need to have ID with you, just in case. I'm pretty sure this is written on the polling card. I saw one of the officers in our polling station ask someone for ID, I didn't know the person asked and I know nearly everyone who would be voting at our rural polling station. I wasn't asked, neither was my husband or brother, but I know the officer well so it would be weird to be asked.

I always get a buzz from voting. Looking forward to the results tomorrow, might even head over to Nenagh!

mikemac

Cat Melodeon wrote: »

Looking forward to the results tomorrow, might even head over to Nenagh!

Will they let you in do you think?

Over in the election forum some say you need a pass and others reckon anyone can get in

Cat Melodeon

feelingstressed wrote: »

Will they let you in do you think?

I'm pretty sure that there's an open section that anyone can come in and watch from - if it's in the GAA grounds like before. You can't get in near the actual vote count tables, but I'm pretty sure you can get access to the centre to observe.

I doubt I'll really go, it will probably be more crack watching the results come in from other constituencies too rather than just waiting for ours. I'll probably have RTE1 on telly and Newstalk on the radio. I've pizza in the freezer so the family can go feck, I'll be glued to the results all day.

Jesus Juice

All I ever hear is bad stuff about Lowry, so who the fuck is voting for him!?

Cat Melodeon

Jesus Juice wrote: »

All I ever hear is bad stuff about Lowry, so who the fuck is voting for him!?

The Lowrybots. They are legion.

Jesus Juice

Cat Melodeon wrote: »

The Lowrybots. They are legion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjl8OIZijjY

Savage Eye sums it up nicely

MinnyMinor

Jesus Juice wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjl8OIZijjY

Savage Eye sums it up nicely

lol very good

up tipp 2010

I will be very interested in seeing if Tipp Nth will have the highest turnout of any constituency in the country this time, like it had in 2007.

mccoist

i never realised nth tipp had highest turnout
it makes the fact that hoctor got elected twice and never made quota all the more annoying
lowery voters are all the ones who like to get the small favour for local problems from a person in a job where they should be concentrating on national interests
count is open to the public
first result should be in maybe 0100
morris and kelly seem to be the favs in around nenagh
what about your area

Cat Melodeon

12.15 - initial count done in Nenagh. Waiting count sort and first results. Looks like Lowry & Coonan both safe, close between Kelly & Hoctor with Kelly currently ahead. Morris's transfers going to be crucial. New Independents not really impacting.

mayhem#

Just been told only 50% of boxes counted.
Running results on twiter: http://twitter.com/nenaghtally

Cat Melodeon

Apologies - initial count being the 50% mark.

Cat Melodeon

For the non-tweeps:
ca 70% boxes counted:
Bopp NP 220
Clancy NP 911
Coonan FG 8395
Hoctor FF 5623
Kelly LAB 6663
Lowry NP 9658
Morris SF 2065
O'Malley GP 308

Thanks to @gerfogarty

up tipp 2010

Was the turnout greater than 78.5%, which was the turnout in 2007?

Monty Burnz

Looks like the Dail will be burdened with that principle-free ****wit Lowry again.

tipptom

Cat Melodeon wrote: »

For the non-tweeps:
ca 70% boxes counted:
Bopp NP 220
Clancy NP 911
Coonan FG 8395
Hoctor FF 5623
Kelly LAB 6663
Lowry NP 9658
Morris SF 2065
O'Malley GP 308

Thanks to @gerfogarty

Think Kellys poll very dissapointing,expect him to transfer well though.

mikemac

Looks like Kelly will take the last seat with transfers

He hasn't polled well though, at least not at well as expected. There was a lot of hype around him

Billy Clancy has done respectably by breaking over 1,000 votes. Never heard of him until a few weeks ago.
He can be happy with his effort

tipptom

feelingstressed wrote: »

Looks like Kelly will take the last seat with transfers

He hasn't polled well though, at least not at well as expected. There was a lot of hype around him

Billy Clancy has done respectably by breaking over 1,000 votes. Never heard of him until a few weeks ago.
He can be happy with his effort

Yea,pretty respectable for clancy,thought morris would do better than that,he must have only got his votes in his area.

Cat Melodeon

From RTE: Tipp North official turnout 76.8 percent; Electorate 63235; Total votes cast 48561

Not the highest turnout this time round - parts of Dublin were up to 80%.

Cat Melodeon

From Lowry's Facebook page.

Michael Lowry
Terrific result - 13,678 votes. Topped the poll. Official annoucement in Nenagh at 4pm. Thank you once again for your support.

What's the quota anyone know?

Cat Melodeon

Tallys of 2nd prefs in Nth Tipp show Lowry’s tallied surplus will distribute: 34%FG; 27% Lab; 21% FF. 1st count due 5:30pm (@cian_mccormack)

Alan Kelly leading Maire Hoctor by 1500 votes according to tally figures.

Cat Melodeon

First Count Results:
Coonan 11425
Hoctor 7948
Kelly 9559
Lowry 14104 (elected)

Monty Burnz

The only good thing is that Lowry won't have a jot of influence in the new government, corrupt gombeen waste of space that he is.

Cat Melodeon

Monty Burnz wrote: »

The only good thing is that Lowry won't have a jot of influence in the new government, corrupt gombeen waste of space that he is.

Let's hope the same goes for Mattie McGrath.

beagga

Monty Burnz wrote: »

Tiperrary people voting for a proven crook like Lowry are worse than the morons in Kerry who vote for Healy-Rae.

Monty Burnz wrote: »

Apologies if it was discussed earlier in the thread - it's probably just helpful for people in Tipp North to know what others think of them sending that corrupt clown into national government.

Monty Burnz wrote: »

Looks like the Dail will be burdened with that principle-free ****wit Lowry again.

Monty Burnz wrote: »

The only good thing is that Lowry won't have a jot of influence in the new government, corrupt gombeen waste of space that he is.

Just as a matter of interest has he done something to you personally?

And no I'm not a big Lowry supporter or anything it just seems every post from you here has some sort of name calling about him and hence you have caught my curiosity.

Berty

Lowry had the courtesy to ask for my vote along with Alan Kelly. Everybody else just rammed crap through my letterbox whilst at home and not.

I gave them my vote on that basis. I was not out to punish FF. I vote for people on a local level, not a national level.

Berty

Alan Kelly is in.

mikemac

Exactly as most predicted, North and South

No shocks around these parts