Election 2011 - Donegal news & views

Senna

Is Dessie Larkin running now in NE?

puffdragon

Since the Labour Party has effectively shelved Frank Mc Brearty and are now trying to distance themselves from him , where do they go from here?

cosanostra

They dont seem to have much support in Donegal when they recruited Jimmy Harte and tried to pull that stunt with Pringle i wonder what votes were for the labour party vs votes for mcbrearty in the by-election it seems to be more of a candidate following than party following.

muffler

no no no .

I did say there was going to be one thread only and I give a strong suggestion for the title but no one politician is going to headline it.

its late so I'll see to this in the morning.

thread locked

muffler

Thread opened again and retitled. This will now be used for all discussions concerning the election.

A reminder to everyone of what was posted elsewhere

Comments, thoughts, opinions etc should relate to the Donegal constituencies and candidates only. Any comments posted about national politics will be moved to the politics forum or deleted depending on content.

muffler

Senna wrote: »

Is Dessie Larkin running now in NE?

Old news now I suppose but he wont be running for FF.

He appears to be fairly popular and it wouldn't surprise me if he ran as an independent and performed reasonably well.

creaghadoos

who is actually standing for election in donegal

muffler

puffdragon wrote: »

Since the Labour Party has effectively shelved Frank Mc Brearty and are now trying to distance themselves from him , where do they go from here?

I think the issue should be where does big Frank go from here.

muffler

creaghadoos wrote: »

who is actually standing for election in donegal

There are only a couple of declared candidates yet but nominations close next week (open to correction on that) so we will definitely have the full picture then.

ednwireland

see the mud slinging has started pearse doherty has claimed he is a civil engineer when he's actually a civil engineer technician
is this the best that they can do


http://www.highlandradio.com/2011/02/03/pearse-doherty-accused-of-misleading-public-on-his-education/

homer simpson

creaghadoos wrote: »

who is actually standing for election in donegal

So far......

Donegal North east
Joe Mc hugh - FG
John Ryan - FG
Padraig MacLochlainn - SF
Charlie McConalogue - FF
Jimmy Harte - Lab
Betty Holmes - IND
Ryan Stewart - IND

Donegal South west
Mary Coughlan - FF
Brian O'Domhnaill - FF
Dinny Mc Ginley - FG
Pearse Doherty - SF
Frank McBrearty - Lab
Thomas Pringle - IND
Ann Sweeney - IND
John Duffy - GP

cosanostra

Donegal SW seem to be cut and dried going by paddy powers odds FF seem to be getting 3rd seat by default if only there was a stronger candidate i thought SF would have maybe ran Cora Harvey! cant see why FF are running 2 candidates when BOD hasn't a hope!

http://www.paddypower.com/bet/politics/other-politics/irish-government?ev_oc_grp_ids=398451

Glenman

cosanostra wrote: »

Donegal SW seem to be cut and dried going by paddy powers odds FF seem to be getting 3rd seat by default if only there was a stronger candidate i thought SF would have maybe ran Cora Harvey! cant see why FF are running 2 candidates when BOD hasn't a hope!

http://www.paddypower.com/bet/politics/other-politics/irish-government?ev_oc_grp_ids=398451

I agree with this. Pearse to top the poll with Mary and Dinny taking the other two seats, not sure what order. Yes, I'm surprised Cora Harvey is not running. On the other hand, she probably wouldn't get elected and she might do harm to Doherty's vote.

retalivity

I wouldnt have coughlan home and dry yet...
and yes, BOD hasn't a hope.
If labour had anyone but mcb, they could have threatened.
i expect pringle to stay underneath the radar and do very well on transfers, with an outside chance of the third seat

cosanostra

retalivity wrote: »

I wouldnt have coughlan home and dry yet...
and yes, BOD hasn't a hope.
If labour had anyone but mcb, they could have threatened.
i expect pringle to stay underneath the radar and do very well on transfers, with an outside chance of the third seat

If sinn fein vote manage their no 2s to pringle this could be likely he would be an independant allie of sinn fein in the dail however allot of sinn fein voters will not give another preference, over anything else i would love to see caughlan loose her seat i think she'll scrape through!

muffler

Boards.ie have now gone live with their "vote in the general election" poll.

Get your asses over there and vote

puffdragon

Mc Brearty will do as much harm to labour as Gerry is doing to SF remember what we're voting for here is on a national scale these people will in the near future dictate to a large degree the future of our country.!! If your going to denounce Pearse Doherty for misrepresenting himself(which he shouldent have done) then where do you go with Frank Mc Brearty,? no schooling at all and a bad attitude to boot!!

cosanostra

puffdragon wrote: »

Mc Brearty will do as much harm to labour as Gerry is doing to SF remember what we're voting for here is on a national scale these people will in the near future dictate to a large degree the future of our country.!! If your going to denounce Pearse Doherty for misrepresenting himself(which he shouldent have done) then where do you go with Frank Mc Brearty,? no schooling at all and a bad attitude to boot!!

I think the whole Pearse civil engineer/technician thing was blown out of proportion although he did misrepresent himself i dont think he done so on purpose or more importantly he didnt gain anything from it!

Regarding FMB i think the question needs to be asked if elected how long would he remain in the labour party?
I dont think anyones education should come into being a good public representative but his attitude is why i wouldnt vote for him

retalivity

cosanostra wrote: »

I dont think anyones education should come into being a good public representative

Its definitely a start

ednwireland

as someone said on the politics forum, that did the same diploma in waterford they called themselves civil engineers
(i have an ordinary degree in chemistry and would call myself a chemist if i worked in it)
if thats the worst dirt they can dig up on him they are scraping th barrell
non story imho

Senna

I'll be voting in NE, but do people really think Mary Coughlan will get back in? I knew she had a large support before, but i cant see the people of the SW voting in anywhere near the same numbers.

I'd say there'll be another candidate in NE before Wednesday.

retalivity

Senna wrote: »

I'll be voting in NE, but do people really think Mary Coughlan will get back in? I knew she had a large support before, but i cant see the people of the SW voting in anywhere near the same numbers.

I'd say there'll be another candidate in NE before Wednesday.

she's F FAIL, and sadly, people still vote blindly

cosanostra

Senna wrote: »

I'll be voting in NE, but do people really think Mary Coughlan will get back in? I knew she had a large support before, but i cant see the people of the SW voting in anywhere near the same numbers.

I'd say there'll be another candidate in NE before Wednesday.

The problem is there is nobody strong enough to break the FF core vote and FF will get the third seat because of that!

Who do you think will put their hat in the ring in Donegal NE?

Has anyone noticed FF are making announcements of funding for local projects on a daily basis?

ednwireland

anyone noticed the almost complete lack of posters, drove from DT to raphoe yesterday and saw a couple of not that i'm complaining nice to see ( the lack of them)
or is it just that most canidates looked at the weather forecast for last week ?

fontanalis

retalivity wrote: »

she's F FAIL, and sadly, people still vote blindly

Exactly; this won't change. Short of FF committing some kind of genocide (or something worse than bankrupting the country) people will still vote for them, and be proud of it.

irish1967

ednwireland wrote: »

anyone noticed the almost complete lack of posters, drove from DT to raphoe yesterday and saw a couple of not that i'm complaining nice to see ( the lack of them)
or is it just that most canidates looked at the weather forecast for last week ?

Just drove DT to LK. They are starting to appear. SF in the lead so far. FF in 2nd. Didn't see any FG or LAB. a lot of the FF posters are generic ones with Michael smiling at you.

NIMAN

SF are going to do very very well in Donegal.

ednwireland

irish1967 wrote: »

Just drove DT to LK. They are starting to appear. SF in the lead so far. FF in 2nd. Didn't see any FG or LAB. a lot of the FF posters are generic ones with Michael smiling at you.

yep definitely a few more up today - whats up with our mary no FF posters round donegal town :eek:


edit a couple appeared now - very low key almost like she doesnt want to get elected

Senna

cosanostra wrote: »

Who do you think will put their hat in the ring in Donegal NE?

I thought the Blaney clan might put someone in, or someone else in the guise of IFF, but doesn't look like it now. Although they have a couple of days left.

muffler

muffler wrote: »

There are only a couple of declared candidates yet but nominations close next week (open to correction on that) so we will definitely have the full picture then.

I've just read that this Wednesday (Feb. 9) is the closing date for nominations.

cosanostra

Hearing on Highland this morning Dessie Larkin may still run as an independent would people be fooled by the independent guise i know Brian O Domhnaills brother Seamus fooled a lot of people by using the independent front only to flip back to FF I think given time larkin would flip back too or be that closely associated it wouldn't make a difference!