I did not expect to be adding to my diary today, but last night I got a text to say that Enda Kenny would be campaigning in Cork today. So I got up early to head into town to meet up the leaders tour. The rain was terrible, and the tour and run over time in the Simon Community and St Johns College so when Enda arrived we went to the English Market, that favourite of campaign stops when...
I have finished another week on the door steps and this week saw me canvassing for Jerry Buttimer and Deridre Clune. On Monday we were out canvassing in Ballinlough for Jerry Buttimer and we got a good response. I got my first local issue on the door that night. Someone was giving out about City Council and the pothole outside their house. This was no ordinary pothole though! It was huge! So she had to complain! Thankfully Enda had...
There is a poll in todays Irish Daily Star (details from Journal.ie) by OI research. It is a telephone survey of a 1,000 voters on Sunday and Monday. The topline figures are as follows: Fine Gael 39 Labour 18 Fianna Fáil 17 Sinn Fein 10 Green Party 2 Independents/others 14 It is interesting to compare it to yesterdays poll in the independent which it dosent differ too differently from. Seats would be along the lines of Fianna Fail 31...
The 2nd constituency in Cork to polled this week after Cork North Central’s poll on Monday for the Irish Times. The Irish Examiner commissioned a phone survey of 500 voters in Cork South Central. The results are as follows: Simon Coveney (FG) 19%; Micheál Martin (FF) 18%; Ciarán Lynch (Lab) 14%; Michael McGrath (FF) 9%; Jerry Buttimer (FG) 9%; Deirdre Clune (FG) 8%; Chris O’Leary (SF) 8%; Paula Desmond (Lab) 5%; Michael Finn (Ind) 5%; Dan Boyle (GP) 3%;...
Another week and another poll. Tomorrow sees a poll in the Irish Independent my Milward Brown. It has topline figures as follows: Fine Gael 38 (+8) Fianna Fail 12 (-4) Labour 23 (-1) Sinn Fein 10 (-3) Greens 1 Others 16 (-1) This further cements the lead taken by Fine Gael in the polls. It is also further bad news for Fianna Fail who are really beginning to hit rock bottom. Well they hope they are! The greens have really become...
A new poll has been published in today’s Sunday Business Post by Red C. It shows that Fine Gael is +3% on last weeks at 38% showing that Enda’s non appearance on Tuesday night has not hurt him at all. The poll was done on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday should take good account of the Debate. Crucially Fianna Fail are down 2% to 15% showing a further deterioation in their support and nearly shows very little hope of a recovery...
So we come to the end of the second week of the Election campaign and its been a funny old week on the doors. I was out of the country until Monday so I was only out two nights this week. On Tuesday I was out canvassing with Simon Coveney in Mount Oval. This was the night of the TV3 debate in which Enda Kenny had decided not to take part in. This was one of the recurring themes...
A crash happened this morning before 10am at Cork Airport. Manx2 Flight NM7100 from Belfast to Cork crashed in fog on its third attempt to land. 6 people have been confirmed dead. 12 people were on board the plane. The Airport is currently closed. All arriving flights have been diverted to Shannon, all departing flights have been cancelled. Ryanair’s flights will be operating to and from Shannon. All travellers are advised to check with their airline before making alternative arrangements. All...
As I was away I am only getting to update the blog about the poll that came out over the weekend. The topline figures were as follows: Fianna Fail 17% -1 Fine Gael 35% -2 Labour 22% +3 Sinn Fein 13% +1 Greens 2% -1 Other 11% NC This would to a seat distribution of Fianna Fail 20 Fine Gael 64 Labour 47 Sinn Fein 17 Greens 0 Others 18 This has made the following changes to the Poll...
Over the course of the General Election myself and Conor of the European Citizen shall be writing a Blog Election Round up on MSN Ireland. Conor has the first round up done and I will be doing tomorrow. So if you have links, videos, tweets anything at all let us know! You can email stephen@stephenspillane.com or just leave a comment here on the post on MSN or Conor’s blog!
This week I have been sharing my time with the three Fine Gael candidates in Cork South Central. I find that is the best and easiest thing to do. It also broadens your canvassing experience! Monday So on Monday I was out with Deirdre Clune. We were canvassing in Donnybrook in Douglas. I was paired with Fiona and it seemed that we got every nice person in the estate! We had lovely chats with people who wanted to talk...
Another day another poll! Its going to be hard work keeping up with these polls. Here are the topline figures Fine Gael 33 (+3) Labour 24 (-1) Fianna Fail 15 (-2) Green Party 1 (-1) Sinn Fein 12 (-3) Ind 15 (+4) This puts the poll of polls on the following (figures rounded) Fianna Fail 16 Fine Gael 33 Labour 22 Green Party 2 Sinn Fein 12 Other 14 Related articles Red C/Paddy Power Poll 2nd February (stephenspillane.com) The...
The European Liberal, Democratic and Reform Party have today launched an individual membership system for the European party. Now you no longer need to be a member of a National Party to be a member of the ELDR. for €25 a year you can become an associate member and you will get the following benefits: An Associate membership card, Home delivery of the quarterly ELDR newspaper, The ELDR electronic newsletter. Personalised invitations for selected events. Furthermore, associate members will...
Another poll today, this time for Paddy Power Bookmakers. Headline figures are as follows: Fianna Fail 18% Fine Gael 37% Labour 19% Green Party 3% Sinn Fein 12% Others 11% It is interesting to compare it with the poll in today’s Indo which I blogged last night. Adrian Kavanagh has done his usual great work and has come up with these seat figures. Fianna Fail 32 Fine Gael 75 Labour 31 Green Party 0 Sinn Fein 13 Others 15...
The Irish Independent have a Millward Browne poll for tomorrow. This will be the first poll of the campaign and it will be interesting to see if the figures change much during the campaign. The topline figures are: Fianna Fail 16% Fine Gael 30% Labour 24% Green Party 1% Sinn Fein 13% Other 15% Adrian Kavanagh on politicalreform has done is usual great job and has worked out the seat distribution. It would work out as follows: Fianna Fail...
The Dáil has been dissolved by President McAleese in the last minutes. The date of the election has also been set. Voting will take place between 7am and 10pm on Friday 25th of February. Any prospective Candidates have until noon February 9th to file nomination papers. People eligible to vote but not yet registered as electors may apply for entry in the supplementary register. Deadline is 8 February. The closing date for eligible categories to apply to the relevant...
Image via Wikipedia As protests inspired by Tunisia move across the Middle East, with protests in Egypt, Jordan and Yemen, its hard to imagine that a few years ago these protests would not have been tolerated, let alone successful as we have seen in Tunisia. Since getting involved in the Anna Lindh Foundation I have met many people from these countries bordering the Mediterranean. Some of these people, while proud of their countries and their heritage, were not happy with their Governments. Whether...
Image via Wikipedia One of the interesting parts of elections is trying to figure out who will replace outgoing TD’s as this represents the minimum number of new TD’s that will enter the Dáil this year. 39 new TD’s are guaranteed to be elected during this General Election Campaign. Fianna Fáil has the highest number of retirees with 21 TD’s stepping down including some high profile names like Brian Cowen. Fine Gael have 8 TD’s stepping down and strangely in...
Image via Wikipedia European Movement Ireland have launched a report on the campaign that they undertook in relation to the European Citizen’s Initiative. As part of this a poll was undertaken in Cork, Galway, Dublin North and Dublin South on May 7th 2010. The findings are very interesting. 86% of People had not heard of the ECI 70% of people would consider using the ECI The poll also found that under 18 (5%) and over 65 (4%) were least aware of the...
Image via Wikipedia Well with election coming up, canvass teams have swung into full operation down here in Cork. Last week for the first time I both ended and started my day with a canvass! This would be something that would seem to be a recurring theme for the election. There goes my lie-ins! Last Monday (24th January) we canvassed an area of Douglas with Jerry Buttimer. We had a very good response and covered great ground. The issues...
Image via Wikipedia That was some weekend wasn’t it? I have never in my life experienced a weekend in which so much has happened politically. We entered the weekend with Brian Cowen as leader of Fianna Fáil and we finished it with him as a caretaker Taoiseach. His resignation as leader of Fianna Fáil was not that surprising considering the amount or pressure on him from all parts of the Fianna Fáil part and the failure of stalwarts like...
Conor Lenihan who yesterday called on Brian Cowen to resign, got a bit passionate on Vincent Brown last night. Car crash TV. Enjoy. How long till he resigns? Its going to be a fun election campaign! Hattip: Cedar Lounge Revolution
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