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General Irish politics discussion thread

Brussels Sprout · 2021-12-10 12:44:51

There doesn't appear to be a thread for the day to day news in Irish politics, much like there is for British politics. I used the search feature but couldn't find one - mods if there is one feel free to merge this into it. The big news today is that Sinn Fein have pulled further ahead. 15% up on both FF & FG in the latest…

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#4352 03-07-2024 2:46am
Peregrinus

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I think it happened even less back in the day. The Press and the Indo were widely understood to be rusted on to FF and FG respectively. Nobody would have been interested in what election endorsement they might give, because in both cases the endorsement would have been completely predictable. So they didn't give endorsements. The Irish Times held itself out as independent and, for that reason, also didn't give endorsements.

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