Election Results

Lady Chatterton

Eleventh Count


Electorate: 82,745

Poll: 58,495

Invalid: 579

Valid: 57,916

Quota: 11,584

4 seats

James Breen (NP) +622 to 9,354

Pat Breen (FG) +2,346 to 13,334

Joe Carey (FG) +2,344 to 10,961

Timmy Dooley (FF) +368 to 10,965

Michael McNamara (Lab) + 1331 to 11,883

Pat Breen & Michael McNamara have been elected

CiaranMT

Final count in Clare:

Carey fg
Breen fg
McNamara Labour











.... Dooley ff... :mad:

Lady Chatterton

Final Count


Electorate: 82,745

Poll: 58,495

Invalid: 579

Valid: 57,916

Quota: 11,584

4 seats

James Breen (NP) +166 to 9,520

Joe Carey (FG) +1,528 to 12,489

Timmy Dooley (FF) +56 to 10,965

Michael McNamara (Lab) + 1331 to 11,021

Joe Carey & Timmy Dooley elected

Timmy was elected without reaching the quota

5h4mr0(k

CiaranMT wrote: »

Final count in Clare:
.... Dooley ff... :mad:

We can all sleep well for the next 5 years knowing Timmy is working hard on our behalf.


We just have to hope that he doesn't get knocked down by a car while removing his posters which were illegally placed on the M18 motorway.


I'd just like to point out that he and FF are not the only ones to have endangered peoples lives by illegally placing posters on the motorway.

Lady Chatterton

And the Oscars go to ................

Lady Chatterton

CiaranMT wrote: »

Final count in Clare:

Carey fg
Breen fg
McNamara Labour











.... Dooley ff... :mad:

Ah, but at least we have McNamara

CiaranMT

5h4mr0(k wrote: »

We can all sleep well for the next 5 years knowing Timmy is working hard on our behalf.


We just have to hope gets lost in the corridors of the Dáil and is never seen again.

FYP

CptSternn

I think it is disgraceful Dooley was re-elected as well, however, there are some positive things that will come of this -

1. He won't be able to retire with full benefits. He will have to suffer along his other brethren who lowered pensions. Seriously, if he had lost he would have ended up costing the taxpayers more money on some levels.

2. He has no power. His party has been reduced to minuscule numbers never before seen. You think he was ineffective before? Now he has no power and no friends in power. No more deals for mates in Clare, no more gravy train for his local supporters. See how long his base sticks by him when his office has been cut off at the knees.

3. He is going to be the Dail whipping boy. Him and his party cohorts are going to get thrashed, regularly. Being an opposition small party which NO ONE will deal with, life will no longer be as fun inside or outside the Dail.

He won't make it past this term. His own party ran another candidate in hopes of pushing him out. The local papers covered the fact he had much strife with Hilary during the campaign. That means a large chunk of his own party view him as a liability. Couple that with the fact you will be hard pressed to find anyone who will admit to liking him in public and the other aforementioned issues listed above and it paints a grim picture for his political future.

phill106

I still cant believe dooley got in, what were those voters thinking!

pedroThePirate

Nationwide, not a vote FOR Fine Gael but rather a vote
AGAINST Fianna Fail. And, coupled with the extraordinarily
high turnout, a vote FOR change.
-
Yet, here in Clare, old family voting brainwash, dating back to
the Civil War and the Treaty, clings on by desperate fingernails
made grubby with cow sh**e. In a sane world, Dooley would
have fallen at the first fence but there are obviously more folk
in the county who believe that they can continue to cream off EU
money under FF than we think.
-
In the end, a country which holds democratic elections gets the
government it deserves, not necessarily the government it
actually needs.
-
Will FG + Labour strive to redress the bank iniquities ? NO.
Will they combat the reign of gangster terror in our cities ? NO.
Will they pass legislation to reverse home repossessions ? NO.
Will they invest in education, transport and healthcare ? NO.
-
Enda Kenny's role model is Tony Blair, and Tony Blair was just
Mrs Thatcher wearing a Marks and Spencer suit. Ireland is in for
five tough years.

C

kollegeknight

Sad Sad day.
Timmy Fooley would. want to get the finger out now.

Anybody thinks he looks like ned sneebly out of school of rock

PARKHEAD67

phill106 wrote: »

I still cant believe dooley got in, what were those voters thinking!

This sums it up.What a pack of stupid assholes there are in this county.:mad:

Carry

Thank you all, especially MrsD007, for keeping the rest of us up to date with the results all night. Great work!

LuckyGent88

PARKHEAD67 wrote: »

This sums it up.What a pack of stupid assholes there are in this county.:mad:

+1 to this. i'm ashamed to be from Clare nearly after all those idiots who voted for Dooley. He has been an absolute disgrace as a td for Clare so far and i cant see that improving in this upcoming term. His party and himself have ruled our great county. :mad: Hopefully he gets a decent position on opposition front bench which can increase his profile and my eventually lead to ministerial position inn future.

I hope 1 of our FG and Labour TD's get a ministerial position or get some say so we can stop the destruction of our county and bring back jobs, a hospital that we arent afraid to go to and also tourists to our county.

chucken1

PARKHEAD67 wrote: »

This sums it up.What a pack of stupid assholes there are in this county.:mad:

The way I see it is, he got in on transfers! So I think calling the people of the County "stupid Assholes" is hardly fair.

Shapey Fiend

Seeing Dooley get in was disappointing but Clare has always been a FF stronghold so It's a big change when you look at it in context.

I just hope everybody doesn't swing back to FF in the next election.

Warper

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

Seeing Dooley get in was disappointing but Clare has always been a FF stronghold so It's a big change when you look at it in context.

I just hope everybody doesn't swing back to FF in the next election.

Thats the danger alright, FG are in for such a tough 4 years that people will start looking back at FF, who will prob get in for another 12 years.

And yes, people that voted for Timmy fcuking Dooley are stupid. Unbelievable, a man that has done nothing for us gets voted back in. The only contribution he made to Govt. was more or less voting to destroy Shannon. Not to mention FF ruined the country.

Yurt

Well done to young Brian Markham who got 2100 votes in his first election i expect him to be snapped up by a big party

rainbowdash

chucken1 wrote: »

The way I see it is, he got in on transfers! So I think calling the people of the County "stupid Assholes" is hardly fair.

Presumably though if Hillery wasn't running Dooley would have got more like 10K votes and topped the poll. Just look across the river to county Limerick where Collins topped the poll because he was on his own.

Outside of Martin no other FFer topped the poll that I am aware of.

I would say the majority of the "Stupid Assholes" in the country are concentrated in Counties Limerick and Clare, DeVelaras home turf of course.

5h4mr0(k

chucken1 wrote: »

The way I see it is, he got in on transfers! So I think calling the people of the County "stupid Assholes" is hardly fair.

Where do you reckon the transfers came from?

chucken1

5h4mr0(k wrote: »

Where do you reckon the transfers came from?

I know where they came from! But theres a lot of miles between East and West Clare. They played the Paddy Hilary card and it worked in West Clare. I cant answer for East Clare..nor will I try.

CptSternn

Warper wrote: »

Thats the danger alright, FG are in for such a tough 4 years that people will start looking back at FF, who will prob get in for another 12 years.

I agree with you - FG are going to get screwed, then again, their policies are going to screw people even if the country wasn't in an economic crisis. They intend to privatise everything, which will make our country worse off than ever before.

Next time around they will be out and hopefully people will vote in a real alternative and not FF.

Warper wrote: »

And yes, people that voted for Timmy fcuking Dooley are stupid. Unbelievable, a man that has done nothing for us gets voted back in. The only contribution he made to Govt. was more or less voting to destroy Shannon. Not to mention FF ruined the country.

Have you also forgotten...

-He voted time and time again to remove services from Ennis hospital

-He voted to ignore the Aer Lingus strikers, yet went there and stood shoulder to shoulder with them for a photo shoot (and voted the next day to ignore their plight)

-He voted against the nurses when they were marching

-He voted against students when they marched against tuition changes


...and the list goes on. Basically every major vote which effected Clare he voted against what was best for Clare and voted for what was good for FF.

EVERY single time!

5h4mr0(k

chucken1 wrote: »

I know where they came from! But theres a lot of miles between East and West Clare. They played the Paddy Hilary card and it worked in West Clare. I cant answer for East Clare..nor will I try.

And their transfers went to a candidate with a proven track record of doing harm to the county. This means they either:

• Just voted for the party and didn't know the man
• Knew the man, but voted for him anyway as he was FF
• Entered numbers at random on the ballot

I wouldn't agree with OP's comment that the people were assholes, but I fail to find any argument against the stupid part.

1. He won't be able to retire with full benefits. He will have to suffer along his other brethren who lowered pensions. Seriously, if he had lost he would have ended up costing the taxpayers more money on some levels.

AFAIK, you have to be a sitting TD for 7 years to get the full benefits. Something which he will now probably achieve.

Lady Chatterton

Guys, I know a lot of you are still smarting over Dooley winning the last Clare seat and I feel your pain . I've had a look back at the 2007 election results and Dooley lost over 4,000 1st preference votes.

2007 - 10,791 1st Pref
2011 - 6,789 1st Pref

That is a huge loss in support and I really hope that is makes him wake up and start putting the county before the party, particularly when it comes to crucial issues such as the airport and the hospital.

I think Dooley will get very frustrated on the opposition benches, however, his profile will be higher than it was before due to the fact there will be so few FF TDs in the Dáil. I'd say Micheál Martin will make him a spokesperson for something or other.

Lady Chatterton

I think we need a little injection of satire and humour at this point

Fianna Fail obituary.

The soldiers of disaster (formerly, the soldiers of destiny) 1926 - 2011. Savaged to death at national elections. Deeply regretted by some builders, developers, bankers, cowboys, cowgirls and cronies of Ireland.

Remains reposing in large tent on Galway racecourse. Funeral mass in the Church of St. Jude of Hopeless Cases, Mountjoy Square. Burial afterwards in the golden circle cemetery. No flowers please, all donations (cheques and brown envelops) to the IMF please.

Kasabian

Dooley getting elected is shameful.
Having him in Government was as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike, having him in opposition is a waste of time. You might as well give him his salary and tell him stay at home.

glineli

I think it will be very interesting to see how our new local TDs do in government, we have 3 so are well represented. Joe Carey has promised to get Ryanair back in and Shannon Airport on the up again, lets see does that happen.

Lady Chatterton

glineli wrote: »

I think it will be very interesting to see how our new local TDs do in government, we have 3 so are well represented. Joe Carey has promised to get Ryanair back in and Shannon Airport on the up again, lets see does that happen.

I'm trying to be as positive as possible but it is worth remembering that Deputy Carey also pushed a hospital bed through the streets of Ennis in protest at the downgrading of the hospital by the FF/GP government. He previously promised a new state of the art hospital for Ennis if Fine Gael were in government, I notice he has gone very quite about that now. I think it is a bit like JJ McCabe's offer of an ambulance for West Clare, it is no longer on the cards now.

rainbowdash

MrsD007 wrote: »

I'm trying to be as positive as possible but it is worth remembering that Deputy Carey also pushed a hospital bed through the streets of Ennis in protest at the downgrading of the hospital by the FF/GP government. He previously promised a new state of the art hospital for Ennis if Fine Gael were in government, I notice he has gone very quite about that now. I think it is a bit like JJ McCabe's offer of an ambulance for West Clare, it is no longer on the cards now.

With such a big majority things like Ennis hospital will be forgotten.

As regards Shannon airport a tourism and jobs strategy seems to be on the agenda, slash taxes and charges and cut deals with Ryanair and Aer Lingus. FF were just too plain arrogant to do anything about getting tourists (= cash paying customers) into the country.

Lady Chatterton

rainbowdash wrote: »

With such a big majority things like Ennis hospital will be forgotten.

As regards Shannon airport a tourism and jobs strategy seems to be on the agenda, slash taxes and charges and cut deals with Ryanair and Aer Lingus. FF were just too plain arrogant to do anything about getting tourists (= cash paying customers) into the country.

I agree that the issue of Ennis Hospital is dead in the water now. If Limerick Regional Hospital was a real "centre of excellence" than most Clare people wouldn't have too much difficulty with travelling to Limerick for a service. It is the people of West Clare I feel for, they have been well and truly shafted. I'd say that the people of Limerick are not too happy about their hospital being over run with Clare and North Tipp people either. A&E waiting times in the Regional are really frightening.

DAA are causing Shannon Airport a few problems too, here is a link from Clare FM today.
http://clare.fm/news/daa-says-ryanair-shannon-deal-not-workable

rainbowdash

Ryanair is insisting that an offer to bring 1 million passengers a year to Shannon Airport is fair, despite the DAA saying it is economically unviable.
The airline is offering to operate up to 14 extra services from the MidWest Airport, in a deal which would see it receiving over four euro for each passenger who uses Shannon.
However, the DAA say the plan is 'unsustainable', as it will see Ryanair pay no landing or aircraft charges
It is also seeking the return of 3.7 million euro paid to the Authority less than six weeks ago.


The DAA is packed with FF Gombeens I presume? 1 million passengers spending lets say €200 each is a lot of money into the local area. If they all pay 12% Vat that recovers any paper loss the airport incurs.