Gràinne Seoige in the Dàil?

She is a native speaker and comes from a very Fianna Fáil background

Wow, she offers something fresh and new.

She lives in South Africa that will be some travel expenses claim she will be putting in every year.

If (the media created) Marie Walsh can get elected it should be a walk in the park for Grainne. Marie's knowledge, understanding or involvement in even local / national politics was ZERO yet she managed to con deluded folk to vote for her twice. It's true what they say…we get the politicians we deserve.

I would not be surprised if Grainne ends up in the Aras as president within a decade.

Don't know where she currently lives but there was a documentary about her idilic life in South Africa, husband, diamond business etc. on the tv a while back.

Maybe she has moved back to Galway to try to restart her career. I imagine there would be plenty of other grass roots candidates also vying for the Fianna Fail ticket in Galway west... (seeing as perennial poll topper Eamonn O'Cuiv is calling it quits)... might be another unseemly squabble at the press conference like in the Euros (fingers crossed) 🤞😂

She lives in Galway. FF will run two candidates. One in the city and one out in Connemara.

Disappointed Davy Fitz is taking on the Antrim hurlers. I think he would be a fantastic FF candidate.

"where the makeyuppey name 

Cuív, Éamon Ó

 has cynically exploited alphabetical order for years."

Shnakey

He'd be absolutely perfect for Fianna Fail

Grainne has a lot of great ideas about the important issues.

What issues.

The issues affecting ordinary people and our country long term.

Such as.

etc etc

She probably was at one time. But then she began to regard herself and became a serious journo with a massive scowl. No thanks. She's a 6 now at best.

the Galway girl, born in Mayo!

…embrace it folks, its another ffg government, and this could go on for a while to…..

Not a good idea.

A good politician can come from any background, and some might be better of for not having experience in local councils.

The whole thing about being a TD is that it's not your choice to be one.

You are there at the pleasure of the electorate.

So if you think you can convince the electorate to vote for you in enough numbers to get you elected it doesn't matter what you previously did in politics.

If you get elected and are a good politician, good for you and your voters, but if you get elected and are found out to be unable for the job, chances are you are not getting another go at it.

"Taking a terrible direction"

Do you think celebrity candidates are new ?

…but tbf, American narcissistic celebrity behavior, is far more extreme than our narcissistic celebrity behavior, and genuinely is a threat to democracy……

…jesus, the eu is not filled with overlords, it really isnt!

…its more so deeply fcuked up group think that is causing these dysfunctional political outcomes, and the fact, our oppositions are truly awful……

ffg have nothing to be worrying about, theyre a shoe in, and probably for the next couple of ges

She is a native speaker and comes from a very Fianna Fáil background

Is the bar for public office this low?

Nina Carberry was another celebrity candidate who managed to be put on the ticket for a high profile role. I've yet to hear her make any substantive statements as to why she is qualified, what she wants to try and change, or what sort of political beliefs she has. Everything I've heard her say was just a load of wishy-washy, hand-wavy, vacuous nothingness.

With that said, Carberry won, so I'm guessing Grainne will still probably top the poll.

Celebrity culture is alive and well in Ireland, and many people are all too happy to hop onto a bandwagon.

That's not Gregory Gráinneog…

This is the real Gregory Gráinneog! (But looking like a dodgy Bake-Off version of a hedgehog.)

I was searching for GG on Google, and I saw that , but I don't remember him looking like that. 😁

It wouldn't surprise me if there were few/no local FF heads seriously looking to go forward for the Dáil. Politics has become very toxic in recent years and a competent person can earn more money for less hours in other sectors. We are seeing a lot of TDs not going forward at the next GE, even relatively young people who could have a senior position in the next government.

I really don't get the issue with "celebrity" candidates. The public generally has more to judge them on than "local party heads", the electorate ultimately decides what they want. I'd rather have someone who has made a career for themselves in an industry which can be very unforgiving (especially for women) than someone who built a profile by going to funeras and ltelling people they can help them get things they can't actually get them (planning permission, medical cards, etc.).

I see it as a positive that people can come in from outside of the political bubble. I couldn't imagine anything worse than the Dáil being made up of former County Councillors. Being a Councillor is junior hurling, very different to what is expected of a TD.

It's very difficult to build a national profile and spend many years in the public eye without being thought of as a Gobshite. Having a national profile from sport is a bit different because Gobshites can be very good at sports.