Fianna Fail seats in Kildare after the GE.

Disgruntled Dan

How many seats if any do you reckon FF will have in Kildare after the Election.
4:mad:
3:rolleyes:
2:D
1;)
0:cool:

Seconds Away

None I hope. But they might retain 1 or two seats.

Orion

As long as that worthless bint Brady loses her seat i'll be happy.

Disgruntled Dan

Rumours that she may not stand this time, pity would have put her last on my voting sheet.

greengurll

My vote will be going to Catherine Murphy. The party is over its time to get rid of political parties. We have lost our sovereignty perhaps its time to reclaim our Independents.

Seconds Away

Is Catherine Murphy contesting the forthcoming election?

Orion

I'd day she will. Labour are fielding two - Stagg and John McGinley. Is Durkan running again for FG? That'll be the 4 so with a bit of luck.

Redsoxfan

Seconds Away wrote: »

Is Catherine Murphy contesting the forthcoming election?

Campaign launch was supposed to be last night, postponed until next week

http://www.kildare.ie/community/CatherineMurphy/2010/12/campaign_launch_postponed.html

Zebra3

Macros42 wrote: »

As long as that worthless bint Brady loses her seat i'll be happy.

And then what for her? Back to teaching? Back to the estate agents? The poor thing....

FF's true colours summed up on the Main St of Maynooth with two estate agents belonging to FFers. :rolleyes:

FF will be wiped out in KN. :pac:

scheister

FG are running two convention is this week with Durkan Scully and lawlor looking to run
FF i belive are running two brady and i hear fitzpatricks son but that rumour
Lab are running two stagg and mcginley
Cathrine Murphy running as an independant
I hear they will be a sinn fein person running aswell
Have not heard if the greens will run someone

Sorry about the spelling

aodh_rua

The slate for Kildare South looks like this..

We'll be running Cllr Martin Heydon for FG.
FF will run Sean Power and Sean O Fearghail
Labour will run Jack Wall
Cllr Paddy Kennedy is set to run as an independent
The papers say SF will not run a candidate and I doubt the Greens will either

joconnor59

yes hopefully no seats will they get in kildare them FF..we have had a enough of them lot
and i hope the gobeens will wake up at long last in kildare and every other part of ireland and get rid of them gangsters for good ..arrogant smug gits with there fat salaries and mercs which the ordinary person is paying for..while the country is broke loads out of work and folk living in povery and on streets..they should be all got rid of and then we should sort out the gangsters of bankers..and the currupt system we run this banana of a so called country.. !!! what would the ordinary TD or MINSTER know about the real world and ireland we live in with there fat salaries and life style..and whats more they dont care either,,, so ireland wake up !!!!!

Seconds Away

The anti-FF/bank sentiment seems to be spilling onto the streets in North Kildare.
http://campbells.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1081

ronaneire

joconnor59 wrote: »

yes hopefully no seats will they get in kildare them FF..we have had a enough of them lot
and i hope the gobeens will wake up at long last in kildare and every other part of ireland and get rid of them gangsters for good ..arrogant smug gits with there fat salaries and mercs which the ordinary person is paying for..while the country is broke loads out of work and folk living in povery and on streets..they should be all got rid of and then we should sort out the gangsters of bankers..and the currupt system we run this banana of a so called country.. !!! what would the ordinary TD or MINSTER know about the real world and ireland we live in with there fat salaries and life style..and whats more they dont care either,,, so ireland wake up !!!!!

I just LOL'd so much when I read this...

Le_Dieux

joconnor59 wrote: »

yes hopefully no seats will they get in kildare them FF..we have had a enough of them lot
and i hope the gobeens will wake up at long last in kildare and every other part of ireland and get rid of them gangsters for good ..arrogant smug gits with there fat salaries and mercs which the ordinary person is paying for..while the country is broke loads out of work and folk living in povery and on streets..they should be all got rid of and then we should sort out the gangsters of bankers..and the currupt system we run this banana of a so called country.. !!! what would the ordinary TD or MINSTER know about the real world and ireland we live in with there fat salaries and life style..and whats more they dont care either,,, so ireland wake up !!!!!

Without wanting to risk the start of a political dispute, can I ask just WHO You want to run the country?

My take is this: I agree, FF are a spent force, but where does that leave us, the ordinary joe soap? FG...Enda Kenny?? Please, everytime he is interviewed on tv/radio, he seems to forget his sums/figures, the Labour? All Gilmore does is shoot down this and that by FF, but offers no real feasible alternatives.
Where does that leave us? SF...Not a viable proposition IMHO, and then the independents & the greens? For me the greens more or less did as much ( with their crazy ideas) to f**k the country up - one immediatly thinks of the incinerator debacle in Gormleys back yard.

I fear for this country's future as i don't see a person on the horizon who can grab the situation by the horns and do something POSITIVE for US, the citizens.

I totally do agree with your assessment on the bankers - lock the crooks up, AND while at it, take the ministers responsible at that time to task also - surely their hands are not that clean.

aodh_rua

Quick update - the FG ticket for Kildare North was selected last night; it's Bernard Durkan TD and Cllr. Tony Lawlor.

LeixlipRed

It's such a pity that no left-wing candidates have put themselves forward in North Kildare. John Kidd was rumoured to be interested but nothing ever came of that. I will not vote this general election probably. I will attend a Catherine Murphy rally and put to her a pledge to not support FF or FG. If she pubicly agrees she'll get my vote. Otherwise, no thanks.

Orion

LeixlipRed wrote: »

It's such a pity that no left-wing candidates have put themselves forward in North Kildare. John Kidd was rumoured to be interested but nothing ever came of that. I will not vote this general election probably. I will attend a Catherine Murphy rally and put to her a pledge to not support FF or FG. If she pubicly agrees she'll get my vote. Otherwise, no thanks.

If you don't vote then you lose all right to complain about the outcome.

And last I heard Labour are left wing amd they are fielding two candidates. But you seem to equate left wing with extremism.

LeixlipRed

Ok, first of all, I'm a socialist so I don't believe the current form of parliamentary democracy we have is democratic enough. Secondly, none of the candidates represent my radical left views. Thirdly labour are not a left wing party, they are a centre right party.

So you are saying I should vote for someone who does not represent me? And if I don't vote I cannot complain? Flesh those points out because I really can't stand the, "if you weren't there you can't talk about it attitude" that's so prevalent amongst Irish people.

ronaneire

LeixlipRed wrote: »

I'm a socialist so I don't believe the current form of parliamentary democracy we have is democratic enough. so prevalent amongst Irish people.

Most if not all socialist's don't either

Orion

Centre right ... You're funny.

I didn't say if you're not there don't talk about it. I said if you choose not to exercise your right to vote then you lose the right to complain about who represents you.

I'm not totally convinced in our representative form of democracy either but it's what we have so we have to work within it.

LeixlipRed

You didn't answer whether I should vote for someone who didn't represent me?

And Labour are most definitely a centre-right party. No left-wing party would agree, which they have already done, to make cuts to public services, wages, capital spending, etc,. When Labour are in power you will see, just like in 92 with Dick Spring, that they're just the same as FF/FG. Excpept they're worse because they sold out

Orion

Somebody is going to represent you whether you like it or not. In your case you get to vote for the least undesirable option if that's what you think.

LeixlipRed

No, I won't. But thanks for the advice. That's the problem with this democracy, no one really represents you when they have a 5 year mandate and a huge paycheck.

Though as I said, I'll put those questions to Catherine Murphy and if she says she won't support FF and FG on any single issue then I'll consider voting for her. But she's a parish pump practioneer. Nice lady but she's part of the system and has no real intentions of changing things. That I can see anyway.

If anyone knows anyone on the far left who'd like to run by the way, put them in touch with me

L1011

Disgruntled Dan wrote: »

Rumours that she may not stand this time, pity would have put her last on my voting sheet.

You're aware you don't have to put a preference down for everyone, right? Rather than put someone last, just don't put them down *at all*.

I can see one FFer staying on in Kildare North and none in South.

KildareNorth

Hi All,

A new independent candidate for Kildare North, Eric Doyle Higgins, has recently announced his intention to run in the next general election.

Details can be found at:

http://ericdoylehiggins.wordpress.com/

Regards,

Kildare North.

LeixlipRed

Some interesting stuff on that blog, particularly in relation to his anti-parish pump stance. But nothing about supporting FF or FG. Which I assume he'd do. So he won't be getting my vote.

KildareNorth

Hi LeixlipRed,

There are contact details available, if you would like clarification regarding FF / FG support or indeed any other items.

http://ericdoylehiggins.wordpress.com/contact/

Regards,

Kildare North.

Eric DoyleHiggins

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Some interesting stuff on that blog, particularly in relation to his anti-parish pump stance. But nothing about supporting FF or FG. Which I assume he'd do. So he won't be getting my vote.

Thank you Leixlip Red. Good to know that you gave the once-over to the blog. There’s plenty there for everybody to disagree with. Supporting FF or FG ? First, let’s remember we’re in the realm of miracles here and the chances of my getting my posterior into one of those brown leather seats are very low. But if by some miracle it should happen, then I have made my position very, very clear. My vote is for sale. I will sell my vote for economically sustainable jobs. We must create work for all who want it and the parties to which you refer will not do the necessary unless they are dragged kicking and screaming to do so. If I may say so, you sound like the sort of person who understands that better than most.

Eric DoyleHiggins

LeixlipRed wrote: »

No, I won't. But thanks for the advice. That's the problem with this democracy, no one really represents you when they have a 5 year mandate and a huge paycheck.

Though as I said, I'll put those questions to Catherine Murphy and if she says she won't support FF and FG on any single issue then I'll consider voting for her. But she's a parish pump practioneer. Nice lady but she's part of the system and has no real intentions of changing things. That I can see anyway.

If anyone knows anyone on the far left who'd like to run by the way, put them in touch with me

Hello Leixlip Red, I hope you won’t mind if I return the favour and comment on your observations.
You do not have to be a socialist to appreciate just how undemocratic our democracy has become. If you believe you have a fresh solution then, don’t hide your virtues. Stand !
If you do not vote then you bring down the poll and thereby bring down the quota. You make it easier for other candidates to get in. If on the other hand you are on the ballot paper, and I do not doubt that there are many who might be drawn to your view of the world then, if they vote for you, even if their vote dies with your elimination, you will have effected the result. Voting matters. So does non-voting. It lets the incumbents off the hook far too easily.

LeixlipRed

Well I'm not gonna vote for someone who doesn't strongly align with my politics. And there's no candidates close to that in North Kildare. I appreciate some of your points raised and I see you have a sense of humour too which always helps but would you become part of a working group in the Dail, if elected, that would form a coalition with FF or FG? If the answer to that is yes then I won't vote for you. But I wish you the best!