[Niamh.]

Mary Lou topped her area

[lime]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Mary Lou topped her area

When I had my ticket in front of me and remerered FF and FG telling me that to vote SF made me have blood on my hands,,, Big Mistake..We all have blood on our hands

[arista]

On Ch4HD news Live

Martin wants to join with all the other parties.

[Niamh.]

At least Leo is sticking to what he said before the results. Micheāl is a lying weasel

[arista]

Sinn Fein
made a error of not running enough candidates
only 42
Jen Bray Irish Times
told Ch4HDnews Live


The Top Issue is Housing.

[Niamh.]

Yep definitely

[arista]

So Martin needs all the other small parties

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

So Martin needs all the other small parties

Not if he goes in with Sinn Fein or Fine Gael

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Not if he goes in with Sinn Fein or Fine Gael

Yes Sinn Fein
or all the other smaller parties?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes Sinn Fein

or all the other smaller parties?

Yeah but he would need almost all of them and independents as well I think. We need the final count though to work it out properly. They will need 81 seats

[arista]

Tomorrow they say

[arista]

[arista]

[Ammi]

...crikey, that’s pretty impressive stuff, Sinn Fein...

[Ammi]

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

That's the guy from my constituency Micheál Martin is also in my constituency but he came second to Donnchadh

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

That's the guy from my constituency Micheál Martin is also in my constituency but he came second to Donnchadh

so both leaders lost, incredible...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...crikey, that’s pretty impressive stuff, Sinn Fein...

Final result in and FF only got 38 seats with SF getting 37, only one more, that's incredible considering FF had twice the candidates running, makes it even more unclear now what will happen. There's now even the slight possibility that Mary Lou could be Taoiseach - She would be our first female Taoiseach as well

[bots]

people blame first past the post, but it provides a working government without coalition. Coalitions are very ineffective forms of government, always have been. If a candidate gets enough votes, they get a seat, it's not an unfair system, it's just portrayed as unfair by those that lose

[Cherie]

Seems like Leo had a Teresa May moment, he called the election early due to his success with getting a deal done with Boris on the border issue, but people are more interested in Health and Housing, how out of touch can you be?

of those polled 1 per cent cited Brexit as an issue
15 % the economy
the remainder cited housing and hospital wait lists as their reason for voting

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

people blame first past the post, but it provides a working government without coalition. Coalitions are very ineffective forms of government, always have been. If a candidate gets enough votes, they get a seat, it's not an unfair system, it's just portrayed as unfair by those that lose

Elections should be done like the French model imo.

Basically by the end the elected Party has to get over 50% of the vote to win, it's the fairest system, and it means that any party has an equal chance at winning.

[arista]

Because of Sinn Fein
they may have to call another Election.



Leo you need to do better

[arista]

On Every News
they say Mary Lou has done so well.

But do not say she only had 42 seats
NOT ENOUGH

[Niamh.]

They do on all the news stations here

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

They do on all the news stations here

Thats good
I mean only have 42 seats, matters.

The BBC should emphasize
that they do not have enough seats.

SkyNewsHD
did buy having a Irish Expert Live
in Dublin.