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 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
So the Taoiseach has announced in the Dáil that the General Election will take place on Friday the 11th of March. So that gives us 49 days to campaign for Ireland’s future. I am looking forward to that! The Taoiseach also announced that Minsters will be double jobbing until that day. He announced the following portfolios. Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs: Brian Cowen Education and Health and Children: Mary Coughlan Community and Family Affairs and Transport: Pat Carey Agriculture and Justice:...
Image via Wikipedia So Fianna Fail are as divided as Fine Gael was last summer. The Fianna Fail parliamentary party meeting gets under way at 5:30pm and is expected to last until around 9pm. The wording of the motion to be debated is reported to be “That the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party has confidence in Brian Cowen TD as leader of Fianna Fáil.” Its been a tough week for Brian Cowen in his office as Taoiseach and Leader of...
Image by Rick Payette via Flickr The latest opinion poll by Red C due to be published in tomorrow’s Irish Sun makes for sombre reading for members of Fianna Fail. According to the poll, they will come fourth in an General Election, as now Sinn Fein as more support then Fianna Fail. The results of the poll are as follows: Fine Gael 32% Labour 24% Sinn Fein 16% Fianna Fail 13% Others 11% Green Party3% When this is translated...
Image via Wikipedia Today’s Editorial in the Irish Independent asks for that the following occurs, On December 7, the Dail must pass the Budget. Then the Finance Bill should go through with unprecedented speed, to clear the way for the General Election. Most people would agree that that is the way that the Government should be planning things, if the budget passes. But are they? According to Leo Varadkar TD, they are not. Under Fianna Fáil’s plan, there are...
Image by Landahlauts via Flickr So last night it finally happened. We formalised the bailout. We are taking an €85 billion loan. We will be paying an interest rate of about 5.8%. We will be loaning money to ourselves. Yes, you read that last line right. €17.5 billion will be coming for the National Pension Reserve Fund and the other cash on hand funds. Who’s fault is this? The Banks. €35 billion of this is for them. €50 billion...
The results from ElectionsIreland.org As expected Doherty as topped the poll. Unexpectedly Labour’s Frank McBreaty has come 4th with the Independent Thomas Pringle beating him by 90 votes on the first count. It will be interesting if he gets eliminated on the 2nd count! For the second count Ann Sweeney (Ind/New Ireland) has been eliminated and her 133 votes are being distributed. Some may see Barry O’Neills result as being a poor one, but the fact that he is...
Image via Wikipedia The Taoiseach and other Government Ministers can say what they want, but Stephen Kinsella posted this video up which may jog some memories. They certainly saw this coming and the ERSI was not alone in warning us about the fact that we were in for a hard landing. Ye are fooling no one lads. Its time to change the record on that one. Related articles Irish bailout: could the bill exceed €200bn? (guardian.co.uk) Greens saw red...
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