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Labour facing Euro wipeout, as latest polls show support collapse

Three national papers are running new opinion polls this morning. None of them contain good news for Labour.

THE LATEST POLITICAL opinion polls won’t make for pleasant reading at Labour Party HQ this morning.

A survey in The Irish Times forecasts an electoral wipeout for the party in Friday’s European elections, while one in The Irish Sun shows Labour support collapsing to 8 per cent. One in the Irish Independent contains even less encouraging news for Eamon Gilmore, putting the party on just 6 per cent.

The Ipsos MRBI poll in the Times puts Fine Gael on course to retain four seats in Brussels, with Sinn Féín also closing in on three European slots.

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SF first time candidate Liadh Ní Riada is in second place in the ten county Ireland South constituency — on 19 per cent, 12 behind veteran FF MEP Brian Crowley.

Sean Kelly looks set to retain his seat, in third on 13 per cent. He’s followed by two other FG candidates — Deirdre Clune on 8 per cent and Simon Harris on 7. Phil Prendergast, the Labour MEP, is on 6 per cent, one behind the Greens’ Grace O’Sullivan.

In Midlands-North West, Mairead McGuinness of FG tops the poll on 18 per cent, followed by SF’s Matt Carthy on 15 points and the pair of Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan (Ind) and Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher (FF) both on 12 per cent. Marian Harkin, another Independent, is on 10 per cent, just edging out sitting MEP Jim Higgins of FG.

In Dublin, SF’s Lynn Boylan is tops on 23 per cent, with FG’s Brian Hayes on 22. Mary Fitzpatrick is leading the fight for the third seat, according to this morning’s poll — the FF candidate is on 12 per cent, followed two points behind by Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, then Labour’s Emer Costello on 9.

Elsewhere

Meanwhile, today’s Red C poll in the Sun, which simply measures party support, shows Labour with just 8 per cent of the vote — well behind FF and SF, both on 20 per cent.

Fine Gael are on 25 per cent in the Red C poll, with the Greens on 2 per cent and Independents & Others making up the remaining 25 per cent.

Labour are at just 6 per cent support in the Millward Brown/Irish Independent poll. FG are on 20 per cent, FF on 21, SF on 23, Independents & Others on 27 and the Greens on 2.

There were also a raft of opinion polls on the European elections at the weekend, the results of which can be read here. 

RTÉ’s ‘Poll of Polls’ will be announced on Wednesday, with the country due to head to the polls for real on Friday morning.

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    Mute Mike Clinton
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    May 19th 2014, 7:45 AM

    The people have been shouting since day one and now it’s payback time.
    labour should have listened to the people that believed in them.
    Now they pay the price.

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    Mute Tony Skillington
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    May 19th 2014, 7:47 AM

    Can’t understand how Crowley tops the poll everytime. He has the lowest attendance record in the European Parliament of any Irish MEP and is FF which is even more baffling.

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    Mute Very fond of
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    May 19th 2014, 7:52 AM

    Agree completely Tony – it’s a shocking indictment of the people of Munster ( and Cork in particular)

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    Mute Scarr
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    May 19th 2014, 7:53 AM

    Tony – I believe he was hospitalized, hence the low attendance.

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    Mute Matthew Ryan
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    May 19th 2014, 7:55 AM

    Sympathy vote. Not very PC but true nonetheless.

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    Mute mcbab
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    May 19th 2014, 7:58 AM

    He was having surgery. You need to check your facts.

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    Mute Ciarraioch
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    May 19th 2014, 8:02 AM

    Tony – Crowley keeps the head down and is not seen to be mainstream FF .
    He was never very close to either Bertie, Cowan or Mehole Martin . In fact Mehole didn’t give him any encouragement from FF to run for The Presidency , which Crowley wanted to go for !
    He and Senator Mark Daly are very close and are waiting in the long grass for their time to head up a new FF .

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    Mute Fiona Ryan
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    May 19th 2014, 9:28 AM

    Read about Crowleys ill health over the last 5 years in fairness but does that justify not a single report, motion, declaration or opinion put forward? Not one? Doesn’t add up with 47% attendance.

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    Mute Ciaran Whyte
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    May 19th 2014, 7:40 AM

    I guess it’s going to be Frankfurts way so, eh Gilmore? Gutted for them… Not

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    Mute Ciarraioch
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    May 19th 2014, 7:51 AM

    The Really Big News – SF , who are likely to Win a Seat in Each of the Four Irish EU Constituencies – the Only Party with a Real 32 County presence !
    This is an immense achievement in such a short time since The GFA , fantastic and unprecedented growth .

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    Mute Jeremy Usborne
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    May 19th 2014, 7:55 AM

    Indeed.

    Only Germany will have more MEPs in the parliaments Communist block than SF.

    Yay communism!

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    Mute Karen
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    May 19th 2014, 8:06 AM

    However Jeremy,the rest of the EU members are turning on EU austerity and their MEPs are following them so wont be alone. Even Germany and Holland are getting restless.The only people who seem happy is the rich and super rich.

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    Mute Martin Ryan
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    May 19th 2014, 8:10 AM

    Sinn Fein, growing stronger by the day, at the expense of FG LAB, who are losing votes by the thousand.

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    Mute Dermot Purcell
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    May 19th 2014, 9:26 AM

    ciarraioch not really a achievement as people see FG FF LABas financial terrorists that put private banking debt to the tune of 100 billion over on to the backs of the people and completely corrupt to the core to go along with that you guys have not really done anything to burn it up.

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    Mute Enola Straight
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    May 19th 2014, 9:32 AM

    Brilliant news. Hopefully the same will happen in the GE.

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    Mute Ryan Carroll
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    May 19th 2014, 12:59 PM

    I wonder why everyone remembers that line when it was not even a promise, there were plenty of very specific promises in v specific areas that they broke like college fees and water charges that have far more of an effect than if Eamon Gilmores stroppy at an EU meeting

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    Mute Jarlath Murphy
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    May 19th 2014, 8:00 AM

    Labour about to be consigned to the wastebasket of history due entirely to the tutelage of Gilmore, Rabbit, Quin et all.

    Off you go now to a richly deserved obscurity. The mood is changing time to get those gilt edged pensions rescinded and capped…

    They sold their souls for penny rolls and lumpS of streaky rashers!

    They sold their fellow citizens for far less!

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    Mute Ryan Carroll
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    May 19th 2014, 12:55 PM

    They could have led the opposition and given the public a REAL choice in 2016 or sooner instead of us being bored to death with FF and their total lack of new ideas just trotting out the same tired personalities…but the Quinns etc wanted one last gasp with their snouts in the trough before retirement and they went in anyway….sure Quinn etc will get their pensions but what about the party? Down to 6% in the polls facing PD-Green style oblivion…and for what? FOR WHAT?

    What social democratic policies has this government implemented? That is why Labour voters voted for them, after 15 years of conservative policies we wanted to see some social democracy which is the mainstream in other EU states….so how’d it go?
    Healthcare: A very conservative plan involving universal private insurance (no public option) very similar to the plan the GOP proposed in the US in the 1990s

    Water: They said they’d not even enter coalition if this was even on the table…and yet here it is

    Education: Have fees been abolished again? Nope…they’ve been hiked up…both parties breaking promises on this and Quinn not only not abolishing fees but going to the polar opposite extreme saying there won’t even be state backed loans or increased grants.

    Transport: No new projects other than a very half assed version of Luas BMX. Students still have to pay a middle man to get discounts.

    Social Welfare: Punishing people for the crime of being under 25 by lowering their jobseekers, just based on age rather than willingness to work no rewards or incentives for those people who are genuine just more of the same Fas type stuff….

    Finance: No change to progressive taxation…regressive stealth taxes continue…
    http://irishelectionliterature.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/fgeverylittlehelps.jpg

    Do you recall asking private sector workers to vote labour? Boy did they get punished for doing that with higher taxes for sweet FA in return.
    http://irishelectionliterature.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/siptuge11letter.jpg

    Did you expect anything else after breaking all those promises? This is without getting into how you duped the poor fools living in some rural areas into thinking they could have a full general hospital in every small town in Ireland. Good Riddance lads.

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    Mute Kerry Blake
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    May 19th 2014, 7:48 AM

    Good hope labour really suffers in the Euro and also the local elections. I just cannot understand how Enda’s gang gets away with it though?

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    May 19th 2014, 7:59 AM

    It’s quite simple really – FG supporters in 2011 are by and large happy with the pro austerity, pro Merkel , centre right policy that the govt has pursued. Labour promised something different and have failed utterly to deliver. Hence people who voted for them were betrayed but revenge is imminent …

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    May 19th 2014, 9:17 AM

    Labour promised the EU/IMF agreement and that’s what they’re implementing. If you expected something different then you didn’t read their manifesto.

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    Mute Sean Barry
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    May 19th 2014, 9:47 AM

    Totally agree, cannot see how the biggest gangsters of all FG are getting off so lightly. What they have done to the people with special needs, the elderly, the sick and the homeless people in this country is despicable. The worst is yet to come in health as this clown Reilly tears our healthcare system apart.

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    May 19th 2014, 10:11 AM

    @ignoreland . I didn’t read Labour’s manifesto in 2011. However , I did see Gilmore , Rabbitte et al telling what have proved to be blatant lies on TV and other media before that election -regarding water charges (they wouldn’t be introduced), USC (would be abolished), bondholders (Labour’s way or Frankfurt’s way) etc etc etc. Annihilation for them is now only days away and I, along with hundred of thousands of others will be ecstatic at their demise .

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    Mute kathleen Farrell
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    May 19th 2014, 12:01 PM

    Ya I don’t get that Is it that Labour were meant to to say Stop Stop Stop on our behalf. They lost there voice from day one. That could have a lot to do with it

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    May 19th 2014, 7:53 AM

    Gilmore will be on TV and Radio today saying it isn’t that bad. And he wonders why support has dropped for them.

    Let’s not forget that ALL politicians are the same.

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    Mute Antony J Carroll
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    May 19th 2014, 7:44 AM

    That’s what happens when your a bad liar you get caught out in the end good luck to bad rubbish

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    May 19th 2014, 7:46 AM

    Pity Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore didn’t fall head first into a Bog hole at that construction event last week…

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    May 19th 2014, 7:53 AM

    FG deserve the same faith as they are driving the gravy train

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    Mute The Animal
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    May 19th 2014, 7:43 AM

    Good riddance to the wa**ers. Shinners will win enough seats to be a part of the next government by the end of the next general election hopefully.

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    Mute Mark O'Hagan
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    May 19th 2014, 7:50 AM

    If that happens, you should see a huge increase in emigration.

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    Mute Niall H
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    May 19th 2014, 7:53 AM

    As opposed to our current emigration levels????

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    Mute Ciarraioch
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    May 19th 2014, 7:55 AM

    Mark – Could as many young people leave our shores , as have left under the mismanagement of FF/G/FG/Lab. ?

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    May 19th 2014, 8:02 AM

    Yes the high earners will leave in their droves cause sf will tax them to the hilt. Investment will drop off too, no doubt about that. Disaster all around if sf ever get anywhere near government.

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    Mute Jeremy Usborne
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    May 19th 2014, 8:10 AM

    Indeed, its SF’s stated policy to reverse the 5+ billion in tax increases since 2011.

    Their stated intention is to greatly increase the burden of taxation on families with the audacity to work hard and gross 100k or more.

    They also stated they would increase public expenditure to pre-2011 levels.

    A single year of SF in charge would blow the gov deficit to around 13%-15% of GDP.

    Carefull what you wish for.

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    Mute Alan Scott
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    May 19th 2014, 8:35 AM

    The rich will have to leave to protect their wealth

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    Mute Eoin Ó Murchú
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    May 19th 2014, 8:36 AM

    But who will emigrate? Dev once complained to Peadar O’Donnell that if Peadar had been in charge a million people would have emigrated just the same. Peadar agreed, but a different million he said.
    Let’s get rid of the greed merchants and share our wealth equally among us all.

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    May 19th 2014, 8:40 AM

    Maybe then we won’t have to put up with your comments.

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    Mute Business Cat
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    May 19th 2014, 8:45 AM

    Well Eoin….. As you say, ‘get rid of the rich’.

    Then who creates the wealth?

    Is a family grossing 100k rich?

    I can respect a party having a position favouring the destruction of wealth creation & enterprise.
    I’m just baffled so many buy into it.

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    Mute Karen
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    May 19th 2014, 9:52 AM

    Mark why would there be huge increase in Emigration? One person said on another article Immigration would rise. Which is it cant be both!

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    Mute Michael Wall
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    May 19th 2014, 10:19 AM

    BC,

    creating wealth? What value to the country is wealth that is horded? We need jobs, the wealthy don’t create jobs. Some basic economics, demand creates jobs, if you tax the low and middle incomes to maintain the wealth of the very wealthy, then there is no disposable income left to spend on goods/services, no demand and massive job losses will follow. This has been the policy of FG/L/FF. We need a different policy, we need a fairer distribution of wealth, a system that manages to reward innovation, but not at the expense of the workers that fuel the economy!

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    Mute Sean Barry
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    May 19th 2014, 10:21 AM

    My family gross over 100K, does that make us rich. We also have a huge mortgage and massive health bills. I have less disposable income that people on the dole. Just goes to show, SF have no idea what “rich” means

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    May 19th 2014, 10:30 AM

    Thank you, Business Cat, for the biggest laugh of the morning.

    “You little people pay the taxes, we’re not going to. If you tax us, we’ll just jet off to Barbados.”

    The wealthy DO NOT create the wealth. Wealth is created by wage-earners going to the marketplace to buy products. And that is exactly why the ECB is against the current government’s austerity. Wealth is created by the labor of workers, the harvest of crops, the tending of livestock.
    Austerity kills wage-earner’s ability to make purchases. It keeps farmers from doing their jobs. It directly impacts production on virtually every level.

    The SUPER-WEALTHY get a free ride in this country. Those making more than $1 million a year. There are plenty of them. They create little or no wealth, but instead use speculation, computer stock trading and market manipulation to siphon billions from the global marketplace without creating any goods or services. The mafia would call it “skimming”.
    The super-wealthy wouldn’t even notice a tax increase. They wouldn’t even notice.

    We have seen our children flying away like the children of Lir. Never to return. That is not wealth creation. Only a fool would buy into that lie.

    “Get thee to hell or Australia.” History repeating itself right in front of our eyes.

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    May 19th 2014, 10:50 AM

    Seamus – Excellent analysis of the reality , which of course those of the wealthy nearly always choose to want to ignore , on the basis of selfishness and greed – Sounds like most FG Voters , doesn’t it ?

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    May 19th 2014, 11:14 AM

    Sean Is that combined earnings of whole family? (sorry not trying to be nosy) If you dont mind me asking.

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    Mute kathleen Farrell
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    May 19th 2014, 1:46 PM

    Why are you so defences ?? You strike me as a very angry man. If you believe in your party and I take it you do you accept that other people have an opinion that does not make them idiots

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    May 19th 2014, 8:14 AM

    Nice to see some good news on a Monday morning for a change! FG also need a good kicking however for their part in all this mess – possibly even more inept than FF. Friday can’t come soon enough.

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    Mute SinAssist
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    May 19th 2014, 1:49 PM

    They will perfectly happy to take a licking from the sheeple on Friday, toss a few bones in the next two budgets and be returned again in unreasonably stable levels in the only elections that matter to such ‘lifers’ !!

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    May 19th 2014, 8:08 AM

    Labour are doomed !!! And rightly so people of Ireland do not have short memories GILMORE !!!!!

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    Mute Declan Cosgrave
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    May 19th 2014, 7:59 AM

    I really , Really do hope SF and the Indo’s do well on Friday , They done very well on “The week in politics” and “Primetime debate” last night , Luke Ming Flanagan , Ben Gilroy , and the other indo’s were brilliant….My only fear and worry is that IF or when SF do well at the General Election , They don’t do a Labour/Green party Faux Paux and sleep with the enemy….After what FF , FG and Lab said about SF over the years , They will be courting them at the Next General Election…..Please don’t fall under their spell Mr Adams !!!!

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    May 19th 2014, 8:32 AM

    Of course that will happen ! PDs….Greens……Lab …..SF ……. It’s bound to happen !

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    Mute Karen
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    May 19th 2014, 8:35 AM

    I disagree, SF have to fight for their place and have to prove themselves. FG FF LABS just assume they will sail in cause of their loyal voters.
    I as a SF voter and others i know if they mess up they will pay with our votes. I dont vote for people because of their banner.
    And Adams is a staunch negotiator. Dont think Mary lou would allow him anyway.

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    May 19th 2014, 8:59 AM

    This might be mad but maybe SF are the only true patriotic party in the country.

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    May 19th 2014, 9:32 AM

    Well said but id say SF are more clever than that and will not be bullied into government unless they get the best deal.

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    May 19th 2014, 9:46 AM

    How do you get “bullied into government”.

    Never heard that one before.

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    Mute Sean Barry
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    May 19th 2014, 9:56 AM

    SF are very short on policies except for taxing the rich. Biggest problem is their view of who is rich is a total joke. Anyone earning a half decent salary would be taxed to the hilt, despite what outgoings they may have. They will be anti business and anti profit. Whether people like it or not countries and people need money to survive.
    Great hurlers on the ditch SF. By the way i cannot stand FF, Labour and most of all those blue shirted crooks in FG.

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    Mute Karen
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    May 19th 2014, 10:01 AM

    Look at SF policies that is not all they have. Just because all the others keep spouting to use as a sound bite does not make it so.
    Go do some proper research on the policies they put forward.

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    May 19th 2014, 10:19 AM

    There is no research worth talking about

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    Mute Declan Cosgrave
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    May 19th 2014, 11:15 AM

    What do you describe or define as rich to start taxing people on ???? , I think they should look at a TD’s Salary and use THIS as a yard stick, You tax a person heavily that earns the same or more than a TD’s Wage, Also those Senators/TD’s that have retired….This is what SF should base their Future tax budgets on…..and if they do make it into Government and their partners don’t like it…..they just walk out……

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    Mute Dave O Halloran
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    May 19th 2014, 7:58 AM

    Would be interesting to see labours reaction post vote count if they loose seats , will they turn and bite FG or will they keep taking happy pills and continue thinking everything is ok ? On another note , being from cork myself I can’t understand how Crowley smiles his FF ship home every time ? Has anyone remembered the mess FF left

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    Mute Jeremy Usborne
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    May 19th 2014, 7:41 AM

    Ireland South is a 10 seat constituency?

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    May 19th 2014, 7:49 AM

    It’s a 10 county constituency

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    Mute Jeremy Usborne
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    May 19th 2014, 7:51 AM

    “SF first time candidate Liadh Ní Riada is in second place in the ten seater Ireland South constituency”

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    May 19th 2014, 7:51 AM

    “Labour Pains”

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    Mute Ciarraioch
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    May 19th 2014, 9:34 AM

    Jeremy – You are all over the shop this morning , suffering from terrible anxiety I feel .
    Well , Jeremy , there is a cure for it , take two big spoonfuls of Humble Pie!
    Then on Friday , go to your local polling booth and look through the various Ballot Papers .
    Then Jeremy , disregard anyone who has been seen to break their promises since the last time you voted – You will be left with very few choices Jeremy !
    SF will be one of the very few, if any, who have honoured all of their promises and undertakings!
    Take a big step Jeremy – Vote SF – you are bound to feel better and your anxiety will have disappeared !

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    May 19th 2014, 11:09 AM

    Very easy to honour promises in opposition @Ciarraioch.

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    Mute Chris Mcdonnell
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    May 19th 2014, 12:51 PM

    Well sarge your labour mob were very good at it in opposition, in government not so good.

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    Mute Daniel Ryan
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    May 19th 2014, 9:29 AM

    Labour Poster State:
    “70,000 Jobs”

    But not in Ireland. Instead in Canada & Australia!

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    May 19th 2014, 11:02 AM

    Did you also notice the ’30,000,000,000 less banking debt’ ad popping up on mobile apps, including thejournals.

    No mention that it is now 60,000,000,000 more sovereign debt instead

    Looks like Labour are using the lack of proper regulation for mobile ads to spoof the electorate.

    Has thejournal noticed this?

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    May 19th 2014, 11:58 AM

    I nearly crashed the car when I saw those posters how sad and desperate are they. Once again I say DONT BE BOUGHT THERE ALL LIES

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    May 19th 2014, 12:18 PM

    I was looking at the advert on the journal and laughed.
    Oh the irony….

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    May 19th 2014, 8:28 AM

    Whoever voting FG you are one sadistic weirdo you should be ashamed of yourselves.

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    May 19th 2014, 8:02 AM

    Since this article going battle mode. Here is a poll that is fair. http://opst.co/1vpjU7d

    I find it funny that the coalition party suffers more than the whip masters. Like Greens and PDs did.Surely if they are guilty of letting people down so should the whip masters fg ff.

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    May 19th 2014, 8:44 AM

    Labour, who consider themselves a socialist left of centre party are keeping a conservative right of centre party in office and are implementing only conservative policies. The only outcome is to alienate your socialist support and drive it into the arms of the only other major left wing party….Sinn Fein. The same thing happened to the SDLP in the north.

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    May 19th 2014, 8:00 AM

    Don’t know who to vote for will never vote FF again labour are a joke can’t understand why FG aren’t getting more of a kicking. Can’t trust SF , Independants only interested in their own minor issues. There’s not a lot to choose from!!!

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    May 19th 2014, 8:04 AM

    Actually, that’s a huge amount to chose from?

    There are over a dozen parties running in this election.
    How many more do you need?

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    May 19th 2014, 9:22 AM

    I’m not really politically astute. Is FG keeping their base here on the basis that no one was able to fill the void by way of getting a new party that is an alternative to the post treaty lines (FF/FG)? I see SF are due to make major gains all right, but why do FG retain yet Lab get wiped – as it would appear might happen?

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    May 19th 2014, 8:33 AM

    A real partitionist analysis. Sinn Féin are on course for FOUR Euro seats: three in the 26 cos and one in the 6.

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    May 19th 2014, 8:45 AM

    Nobody needs analysis from the village idiot, thanks.

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    May 19th 2014, 12:06 PM

    When you comment like that I loose respect for you and a vote

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    May 19th 2014, 8:23 AM

    Irish people are idiots. First they believed fianna fail lies, then they moved on to Labours lies, now they believe Sinn feins lies. sake.

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    May 19th 2014, 11:26 AM

    Bye bye labour. Payback is sweeeeeeet

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    May 19th 2014, 8:51 AM

    Good enough for them

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    May 19th 2014, 12:33 PM

    Good riddance Labour. Cheerio..bye bye now

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    May 19th 2014, 9:05 AM

    Can someone explain to me how labour sold out? I’m ignorant to this and don’t know what happened

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    May 19th 2014, 9:10 AM

    They commited to reducing the government deficit.

    This is at odds with established Irish left-ism (or fantasism)where ever expanding spending while shrinking taxes is the only way.

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    May 19th 2014, 9:12 AM

    What else are politicians good for but deception

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    May 19th 2014, 10:24 AM

    BC,

    They committed to burning bond holders, or more correctly ensuring that irish citizens were not saddled with debts that were not theirs in the first place, they committed to many things to protect the workers that voted for them, then turned their backs on all those commitments, and boasted about it “sure isn’t that what ya do in an election”.

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    May 19th 2014, 2:17 PM

    The only time we see Brian Crowley is when he’s on an election poster.

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    May 20th 2014, 1:59 PM

    As if id believe a rte Poll

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    May 20th 2014, 1:56 PM

    this rte poll how do i vote on it because all the polls ive ever seen never once was i asked my opinion

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