The accelerating fall in Sinn Féin support

I was specifically referring to immigration as the poster mentioned. There's a very small percentage of hugging paying jibs tbh. There's a reason we are struggling to with numbers of nurses, gardai, teachers and other essential roles. Practically every property does have a buyer- the likes of Ryanair and vulture funds are a great help with that.

It sums up the shambles that is the housing market. Staff who are being priced out of affordable accommodation in Dublin. Why shouldn't people be highly concerned about that situation?

I'm on the army council along with Bob Marley, Shergar and lord Lucan.

I think they simply come across as checking what way the wind is blowing. Apart from wanting a United Ireland, they really have no actual plan/policies

Your posts offer nothing more than your own insecurities. Woe is me.

Mary Lou isn't even meant to be SF leader.

That was MacLochlainn's destiny but he failed to get reelected in 2016.

Probably still calls the shots though!

To be fair, it's not a new line, SF have come in for criticism from the 'NP patriots MIGA' for a few years now - They know that SF voters are more likely to defect their way than are FF/FG voters.

I suspect their next manifesto will be wishy washy on immigration etc - Trying to please all comers when they may be better off picking a stance and sticking with it.

Why the decline?

SF policies are a joke. They ran under the banner "change" and they still continue to run under that banner yet when you look at their policies they are either wishy washy or the same as others. Like on the Green Policies thread when you had the anti-green brigade who spend all day complaining about wind. They put forward Sinn Fein as the alternative till I pointed out SF plan was to roll out more wind and faster than the Green Party they hated.

This is typical of a lot of people who ran around the last few years waffling about SF and have no idea what SF are actually about in terms of policies.

Of course SF have dodged this for years by not really answering questions and instead just waffling, or stick Pearse on a video outraged and people think he is great.

Problem with Pearse after watching 4 years of his faux outrage it so f**king boring now.

Then we look at the "Sinn Fein online supporters" which has destroyed most social media in Ireland, I would expect boards got hit as well, as Mary Lou described them and she was kind "pig ignorant". Four years of online abuse from people which are clearly been provided with information from the party is too much.

One which I thought would hit them more but doesn't seem to have is the "tax the rich" nonsense they came up with, first it was 140k and then 100k. What next 60k?

SF are wrapped up in organised crime, you would want to live under a rocj to have no idea about the army council or the links between the organised crime and SF. When you see the party running out of the Dail when any vote is done on special criminal court etc you an only assume that is not to upset the criminal links the party has.

It's a poor reflection on your own history education you know nothing about the history of Ireland and GFA etc.

Any relation to Michelle?

Immigration is not blowing over, unless Sinn Fein swing and go against migration they will end up back in a heap.

theres a lot of people not happy with SF atm. theres the government parties, theres people who for various social media reasons rile one side against the other and SF are fair game - especially when losing poll votes.

Then theres the ireland for the irish crowd and irelands full etc - which are based on the reality of a shite housing policy, but some believe its immigration. I think its bad government decisions, causing an overflow of immigration the government wasnt ready for and combined with a shite housing policy has caused a lot of anger. So to some, all that is SF's fault and therefore SF are traitors etc.

Thats the people who are saying they wont vote SF again. as a SF supporter, Im delighted. Im just glad it wasn't a massive jump because that wave has crashed at this stage. I think come election time, people will realise its the current government thats let them down, not a party that isnt in power.

Honestly 4 years ago I rated him highly. I thought he was good and then it just went into a nosedive. The moment I seen what a (insert word) he is was during the covid time, trying to rip off his mask and couldn't get it off with the fau outrage. Nonsense.

SF best chance after last election was a quick election, for the government to fall during covid. When that didn't happen that was a huge issue, people started to notice how poor the TD's are. Like the housing guy, great at shouting in the Dail from behind Mary Lou, or reading off a sheet of paper. Put him into a live interview with questions and it grounds to a halt.

Louise O'Reilly, like who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to start waving around a picture of a random person?

Last time they benefitted from a revolt vote, said at the time that could move on and it looks like it has moved on to the independents.

I have a feeling come manifesto time for the election Sinn Fein will lose votes and not gain them.

they were demanding sinn fein boycott the st pats day in the us. they got kicked out for disturbance I would assume (as would happen anywhere). thats a whole other discussion. I say go, because SF's absence wont mean **** all

Theres only one problem with localised info like this - theres just not enough detail to give perspective.

What perspective do you want, take over in 2014 and gone in 2019 with less units when the population is growing.

This is after promising to build houses while in control.

I already discussed this with you on another thread so why are you stil confused on the topic. All the information was provided so you should be up to speed a chara

I don't think it has anything to do with immigration as such, they failed to make the most of their populist wave of support that's all they don't sound new or fresh anymore they have become part of the system.

Anyone with a job and getting a decent pay. Sinn fein said they would tax the rich, that was 140k and everyone said that was not an issue.

Then at the drop of a hat that was reduced to 100k because they couldn't get all the money they wanted, this was while giving the rich a tax break with promising to remove the LPT.

What is to say they don't turn around when they get into government and say the numbers are wrong and drop that to 60k? it's not like they didn't drop it already.

You will find a lot of people wanting SF think they will be able to either get a free house or a house for next to nothing. THey also love the "tax the rich" but it's not really "tax the rich", it's just "tax everyone but me". Which is not really a sustainable government plan