EU Elections 2024 - Results

I voted for her i looked at the sheet and she was the only person i recognised apart from a few wasters who i wouldn't give the steam of my p!$$ to.

I think Gibney's transfers will be key for Cuffe and O'Riordan… they need a lot from that 15,000. Then if one gets ahead of the other, they have a source of transfers to get over the line.

I had similar thoughts on FF \ FG not having any surplus.

The reality is its about getting your canditate elected. In the South constituency FG selected a very capable canditate in Mullins a former CEO of Board Gais. FF choose a former TV presenter the public choose Cynthia. In MNW FG choose McHigh the last time she got elected and now Carberry.

Any party cannot decimate it ranks of TD's ministers or Senators causing by elections and thereafter General Elections.

Name recognisition seems important to the public. The end justifies the means.

Ya capability is a lot of it. We all learned.on the job some time. I have more of an issue with McHugh and not attending Agri Committee meetings, however if she was not interested in the area it was crazy putting her on the committee. Having said that you should knuckle down and learn the processes

What a shallow assessment of how someone who has succeeded in another field cannot bring a wide variety of alternative skills to politics. If anything it’s the lifelong shills we need to avoid voting for - manipulative and slippery.

I imagine she will bring a lot of people with her from her jockey days and if nothing else she seems to be a good people person to get out the vote above 73,000. It has nothing to do with recognisability more to do with hard work.

The thing is with Andrews and Doherty not yet at quota, they could also swallow some of the transfers that Cuffe and O'Riordain are hoping for

Agreed, however Sean Kelly doesn't belong on that list of names

Daly is in real trouble - unless she gets massive numbers from Smith, she'll really struggle with O'Riordain and Cuffe probably tranferring well between them if one goes out - and Lynn Boylan also hoping to get votes from the likes of Smith

You are disregarding what happens when Cuffe or O'Riordan are eliminated. Which ever happens first will see the other get a substantial tranche.Lynn Boylan still needs votes and Andrews and Doherty are gobbling small chunks as well. I do not think Daly can get above Niall Boylan and I do not think Daly will transfer strongly to him.

Lynn will gobble votes if she is to stay ahead and get elected. She will need significant transfers. Cuffe and O'Riordan have a solid block of 60k+votes. That is going to get one of them elected IMO

Both would be primarily the "angry at everything" voters.

Totally agree. Such a soft interview. It had such a "oh you're one of us so glad the outsiders aren't doing well" vibe off it. I also hate the 'we worked so hard' comments, as if them working hard does sometime for me as a voter. It's his interview process, it's only temporary, and he's doing it for himself!

Oh ffs, another soft interview right now as I write on Claire Byrne going on about how he was shouted at on the campaign trail. Really hope he doesn't get the transfers.

They are very slow in getting the transfers done - c'mon, c'mon Dublin, and especially Midlands North West - you're only transferring a few thousand from round 3…… need to see how things are flowing!

Aine Lawlor is the only one in that org capable of asking any difficult questions. A few other show ponies, and then you have Claire Byrne…….

Virgin are just as bad when you have "journalists" of a calibre of Gavan "Re-tweet" Reilly and the other one who has forgotten her Waterford accent and speaks in some kind of weird D4 mish mash accent

I read it could on till Thursday.

Each further count after 2 gets slower due to the physical number of ballots growing.

Count 2 in South will be exceptionally slow due to the over-quota distribution