Sinn Fein and how do they form a government dilemma

I corrected the few typing mistakes. You do not get it yes all of these actions are unpopular to many but they are a "manification of GP policy". They got there policies implemented, you or I may disagree with them but they got them f@@king implemented.

How many SF policies were implemented in the last fifteen years and how many in the next 5 at least the way the polling numbers are. ..ya that is right f@@king NONE

As I said wake up and smell the coffee. No party in a coalition gets all its policies implemented for a small mudguard the GP got a significant amount of its policies implemented. Some have an element of EU involvement but with the GP in government they were pushed through.

But many that I listed had nothing to do with the EU

Well, yes, parties in opposition don't get many policies implemented. Considering most of the SF policies revolve around sorting out the homeless and healthcare crises you could argue they will never be implemented by a FFG led govt. But then again considering most of their voters are landlords, farmers bankers and Private hospital owners you can understand it to an extent

the number of cyclists are growing

Do you have stats to back this up?

So no stats then? Fair enough I had expected that. It's ironic really, the SF supporters on here always have to back up what they say (and to be fair, usually do) but the FFG supporters, and in this case the green party ones, can spout any old nonsense and call it a fact. It's this exact mentality that got Donald Trump elected in the states, horrifying stuff

You are right, all of those things were sitting there as policies gathering dust until the Greens came along and gave them a real push. By next year, we will have railway orders in place for a number of major infrastructural improvements, all thanks to Eamon Ryan. Pedestrian improvements all over Dublin City Centre. Hundreds of km of new cycle lanes.

Going back to Sinn Fein, partition has existed for over 100 years, and in that 100 years, they have done nothing to advance abolishing it, other than organising a few in-house rallies. They would be delighted with the Greens record in policy achievement.

https://vote.sinnfein.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Sinn-Fein-Westminster-Election-Manifesto-2024.pdf

If you are looking for a joke, have a read of this.

"We are leading the way to build a stronger, better and fairer country" but we won't take our seats in Westminister to actually do something about this.

"By voting for Sinn Féin people are endorsing strong leadership, positive change, and a commitment to work for all." We are really good at generic meaningless phrases that could be a part of any party's manifesto.

"People here want positive change, and Sinn Féin is the only party that offers an all-island approach to deliver that change.
Sinn Féin’s influence has been central to the incredible transformation that has taken place in the North. "

These two consecutive sentences sum up our schizophrenic mentality. We claim credit for an "incredible transformation" while simultaneously seeking to change away from that incredible transformation. Kindergarten stuff.

"Constitutional change requires an Irish government to prepare for the future in a strategic and responsible fashion.
This includes establishing a Citizen’s Assembly which creates an opportunity for people to engage in a dialogue addressing all the practical and positive possibilities that constitutional change can bring." We want constitutional change but we are not prepared to do anything about it, we will just leave that up to others.

The whole manifesto reads like a transition year student project.

You won't be saying that when they increase their seat number at the general election

If they produce a joke of a manifesto like the one in the North at the general election here, they will be lucky to outpoll the PBP.

Sinn Fein are bereft of ideas, reduced to MLMD shouting for "change".

I have to agree about the crash and burn.

We are at most nine months out from the general election. Sinn Fein have had over four years to set out what they would do differently. You look at their website, their speeches, their documents and there is a complete absence of coherent policy.

Just to take one spokesperson and one area of policy - the idiot that is Martin Kenny. He is their spokesperson on transport and communications.

https://vote.sinnfein.ie/taoiseach-must-intervene-to-ensure-aer-lingus-re-enter-talks-with-ialpa-martin-kenny-td/

"Sinn Féin spokesperson on Transport and Communications, Martin Kenny TD, has called on the Taoiseach to intervene to ensure that Aer Lingus management return to the negotiating table with IALPA representatives as a matter of urgency."

Does he think that the government still owns Aer Lingus? Does he somehow think that the Taoiseach can just ring up the CEO of a private company and tell them what to do? Naive, foolish, ignorant, idiotic, those are the best words to describe Kenny. Here he is last week on the DART spur to Clongriffin.

https://vote.sinnfein.ie/widespread-support-for-clongriffin-to-dublin-airport-dart-route-martin-kenny-td/

He is talking as if he has only just heard about it and this is some great new idea.

https://www.nationaltransport.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Fingal_North_Dublin_Transport_Study_Final_June_2015.pdf

The Fingal North Dublin Transport Study looked at it in June 2015. Essentially, the elevated approach as proposed by Irish Rail would not work.

"The multi-criteria analysis has demonstrated that HR2 is not the best public transport solution to serve the study area and performs poorly in economic terms. The scheme is more expensive than initially considered due to the requirement to provide a tunnel at the Airport to avoid impacting upon development potential."

Of course, the bould Martin knows better than the experts.

If he is the calibre of person that Sinn Fein are presenting for Ministerial purposes, I despair.

Also, the pilots that SF are claiming they want to help are the target for their "tax the rich" policy they came out with :-)

SF should keep out of it because the pilot will be screwed by them

Polls I am sure will be the answer

Oh that is a cracking one

Expect more populist nonsense that doesn't give a coherent plan so…..hopefully the media actually review their policies and try to pull them together so they show the mess they are

It is amazing how touchy their supporters are about the lack of policies.

Will be interesting to see how crazy the Sinn Fein alternative budget is this year.

deflect, deflect……

So, no responsibility for bad election results, no costings for any policies and no coherent manifesto.

High bar you have for supporting a political party there.

Wrong on no. 1

Costings have been done as far as I can see.

What’s a coherent manifesto? I don’t read them since Enda’s New Politics spoofing.

Get in, do the job and we’ll see where the bar is and judge how you do.