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Expat. Music and arts lover. Interested in current affairs. Keen traveller. Opinions are my own

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@Oismur 100% correct. All they do is keep moaning. Zero actions.

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@EamonMelia Eamon in all honestly how many people read The Ditch? Not many. Also do we have serious media in this country? The answers to both those questions are the key to understand why Kyne was elected. As well as having a massive following in the rural part of that constituency.

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@Kearns1010 Plenty of people in the west of Ireland specially that side still supporting FG. It's their heartland. Not surprising at all. The result was completely different for Fine Gael in Dublin Central where they finished distant 5th.

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@kevintoconnor Jim is trying to position himself like the though man on that front. It's too late. That ship has sailed a while ago. Independent Ireland has already occupied that space that Jim is trying to claim.

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@worldsgonemad98 Well definitely not in Dublin. I'm guessing you refer to Galway?

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@IrishTimesPol Pat Leahy. Your article is so predictable.

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@Revolution_IRL For Irish MSM clearly SF is the enemy as well as it is for FFG. Nothing to see there!

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@kevintoconnor He learned from Mehole.

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@CareyBrian Yes articles about Mary Lou needing to step down. Yet not the same logic applied to SF.

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@Sean_De_Burca Combined vote in Dublin Central 10%. That is devastating news for them.

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@caulmick Close to 25% turnout in some part of Dublin Central. Cabra has surpassed that figure with over 27% turnout. Turnout is always lower in by-elections I reckon. Guessing a higher than expected turnout should be an encouraging sign for the parties on the left but we'll see later on.

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@DamianLow3 The policies that have caused what's going on right now in the UK have been caused by UKIP first, the Tories and now Reform.

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@stevethewall And that's why this version of FF is almost becoming irrelevant in the current political environment. Martin argued that FG was not delivering housing when he was in opposition. Now what does it make him different from FG? FF risks to slowly disappear unless they merge with FG.

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@EamonMelia Commencement figures are absolutely meaningless. Even when finished the houses delivered by FFG are not affordable for people on average salaries.

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@Iskesullas The level of our politicians across the world has obviously fallen off a cliff over the last 25 years. Extremely poor indeed!

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@nevpatt Coming from Europe and living in Ireland for almost 20 years, I still find it difficult to believe how everything closes so early here. But it's a cultural thing so likely it will never change. Tourists just need to adapt. I don't think Ireland will ever be like Italy or Spain.

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@caulmick Is this the same Ray Mc Adam who opened the campaign trail with an ad not even mentioning the link to FG?

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@dublin_damo The amount of Dubliners who have moved there since Covid it's phenomenal. It has a good vibe indeed. Place will continue to grow and improve in the future.

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@unadunphy They are in trouble but not for the Irish Times. For them, SF and Mary Lou are more at risk then Simon and Mehole. What is also dreadful in our country surely is our mainstream media.

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@caulmick @IrishTimes I listen to their podcasts rarely these days. You know where they're heading.
Hugh & Path are happy with a permanent FFG Government. That does represent what part of the electorate here still feels. Just curious. Are traditional FFG voters happy their kids can't afford a house?