[arista]

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



Leo you need to do better

[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

[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.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

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.

They do have enough seats to possibly get in to power with a coalition though

[Braden]

How many seats are required to win?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

They do have enough seats to possibly get in to power with a coalition though

The Irish SkyNews reporter
said they do not.
It would be to many rainbows

Assuming the 2 main parties do not merge

Look at what went down with our LibDems
after they had 5 years with the Conservatives
Now LibDems have only 11 MP's

[arista]

All This Delay is getting Pathetic,
No way can Mary Lou get into any Power
unless Martin lets her merge

[arista]

Originally Posted by Braden

How many seats are required to win?

I think its Double that amount

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Braden

How many seats are required to win?

To be able to form a government you need 81 seats but the most any one party is going to get this time is mid forties

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

All This Delay is getting Pathetic,
No way can Mary Lou get into any Power
unless Martin lets her merge

She may not want to do that herself either. She may be thinking that was a good run and just aim to increase her candidates before the next election so they can go in by themselves (or with a smaller group of more like minded parties/independents)

[arista]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

She may not want to do that herself either. She may be thinking that was a good run and just aim to increase her candidates before the next election so they can go in by themselves (or with a smaller group of more like minded parties/independents)

The Next Election in 4 Years?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by arista

The Next Election in 4 Years?

Yeah maybe so, they've been a long time building to get here, I doubt 4 years is much more to them to be honest. They're going to be very restricted if they go in to government with Fianna Fail

ETA : This is me just speculating btw, she hasn't said that

[Braden]

Originally Posted by arista

I think its Double that amount

Originally Posted by Niamh.

To be able to form a government you need 81 seats but the most any one party is going to get this time is mid forties

Thanks, guys!

Definitely an interesting time in Irish politics. I did quite like Leo Varadkar as a politicial figure, so I think it's a shame he lost his seat.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Braden

Thanks, guys!



Definitely an interesting time in Irish politics. I did quite like Leo Varadkar as a politicial figure, so I think it's a shame he lost his seat.

He hasn't lost his seat, he still got elected as a TD (MP) he just didn't top the Poll in his constituency but his party Fine Gael over all did badly so they probably wont be in government so he wont be Taoiseach (Prime Minister)anymore.

[Niamh.]

Youtube video

[Braden]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

He hasn't lost his seat, he still got elected as a TD (MP) he just didn't top the Poll in his constituency but his party Fine Gael over all did badly so they probably wont be in government so he wont be Taoiseach (Prime Minister)anymore.

Oh my god, that's so confusing, lmao. Is there proportional representation in Ireland?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Braden

Oh my god, that's so confusing, lmao. Is there proportional representation in Ireland?

Yes there is

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Youtube video

[Kizzy]

If only we'd have voted for what was really in the countries best interests as a whole and not just brexit :/

[michael21]

Are you gonna to vote nem

[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.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by michael21

Are you gonna to vote nem

I already did, it was last Saturday

[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