Kathy Sinnott (Ind/Dem) is no longer an MEP! Results from the Count Centre in Cork show that Senator Alan Kelly of Labour has beaten Sinnott on the final count for the final seat in Ireland South. It was a mixed day in Cork with at one point looking like Toireasa Ferris of Sinn Fein was in a shout of the last the seat, but she failed to attracted enough transfers and Sinnott leap frogged past her. It was then...
So its looking like Pat “The Cope” Gallagher will be elected to the European Parliament at some point tonight or tomorrow morning which means he will not be voting on the motion of no confidence in the Dáil. It also means that there will be another bye-election this year. This time it takes place in Donegal South West. Donegal South West is a 3 seat constituency. In the General Election in 2004 the results were like this (from Electionsireland.org)...
On Friday Generation Yes is hosting a town hall meeting with EU Commissioner Margot Wallström. She is the Vice President of the Commission. It will be live streamed online also. It will be on in IKEA’s new store in Ballymunat 1pm. If you wish to attend email JaclynATgenerationyesDOTie. You can submit questions and vote for questions here There are more details on the Generation Yes site. Related articles by Zemanta Monday Links – 18/05/09 (stephenspillane.com)
Fianna Fail’s representation on Cork City council was almost havled in Fridays Local Elections. They are going from the 11 seats that they won in 2004 to 6 seats this time round. The loss of a seat in North West was a forgone conclusion as Dave McCarthy who was elected as a Fianna Fail Cllr turned Independent and was easily re-elected. In fact topping the poll with 200 votes over quota. Tony Fitzgerald hung on to his seat at...
I attended the majority of the count for the 6 city wards in Cork on Saturday evening and night. The Fine Gael result on the south side was excellent! With us gaining a seat in the South East ward of the city. Unfortunately while the Fine Gael vote was up on the Northside aswell, Joe O’Callaghan lost the seat in the North West which was previously held by Colm Burke. North West went from a 5 seater to a...
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