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10 Feb 2020
10:01AM
Good morning, it’s Órla Ryan here again.
Thanks for staying with us over the weekend. We’ll keep you up to date with all the latest election news today.
First up, here is complete list of all the TDs elected so far.
Counting is complete in 13 of 39 constituencies and the remaining 26 courts will resume this morning.
The story of the election so far has been the Sinn Féin surge – the party has won the highest percentage of first preference votes and has secured 29 seats to date.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the count centre in Phibblestown Community Centre in Dublin yesterday. Liam McBurney / PA Wire/PA Images
Liam McBurney / PA Wire/PA Images / PA Wire/PA Images
One of Sinn Féin’s biggest coups has come in Leo Varadkar’s own constituency Dublin West, where Paul Donnelly was elected at the first count.
To get a grip on how significant that result is: no outgoing Taoiseach has ever failed to top the poll in their home constituency the next time out. Added to that, the last time a Taoiseach failed to get his running mate elected was in 1989.
Here's how potential coalition/government alliance options map out in terms of estimated seat numbers, as of this point. For first time ever, looks as if combined FF-FG seats numbers will not be sufficient to command a Dáil majority #GE2020pic.twitter.com/WizG3SJjgr
We’re not at the finish line just yet but some of the focus has turned to seat projections and possible government formations.
Could there be a coalition between two of the three biggest parties, most likely backed by independents and/or smaller parties, or a Sinn Féin-led government, for example?
Regina Doherty, Shane Ross and Ruth Coppinger ave all lost their seats. RollingNews.ie
RollingNews.ie
A number of sitting TDs and ministers have lost their seats including Fine Gael’s Regina Doherty, Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection; Fine Gael’s Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Minister of State for Higher Education; and independent Shane Ross, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.
Other high-profile names who lost their seats include Ruth Coppinger of Solidarity-People Before Profit; Labour’s Joan Burton, a former Tánaiste; and Fianna Fáil’s Lisa Chambers.
Another casualty of the election is the Independent Alliance – the collection of independent TDs who propped up the Fine Gael government after the 2016 election.
Out of six candidates elected four years ago, none remain part of the alliance today – after two members left midway through the Dáil term.
The alliance, which took the decision to enter into government, has ended through a combination of retirements and losses on election night.
Shane Ross, sports minister and the most high-profile member of the alliance, suffered an early defeat in Dublin Rathdown, while in Longford-Westmeath Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran also seems to have lost out.
Ahead of the election, ministers Finian McGrath and John Halligan announced that they wouldn’t be contesting the vote – decisions that considerably diminished the power of the alliance even before a single vote had been cast.
My colleague Dominic McGrath has taken a look at the rise and fall of the alliance.
In a development that may help cross-party relations, a couple who ran for election in the same constituency for different parties have both been elected in a dramatic final count.
Holly Cairns, who ran for the Social Democrats, and Christopher O’Sullivan, who ran for Fianna Fáil, took the second and third seats in three-seater Cork South West in the early hours of this morning.
Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar and Mary Lou McDonald ahead of the RTÉ Prime Time debate last week. Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie
Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie
As speculation about possible future coalitions mount, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has already made contact with a number of smaller political parties.
Speaking on Morning Ireland, McDonald reiterated that her preference is for a government without Fianan Fáil or Fine Gael.
However, she said she will speak to every party and independents about government formation.
McDonald said Sinn Féin has already been in touch with the Green Party, the Social Democrats and Solidarity-People Before Profit, and will also talk to independents and Labour, “everybody outside the old two”, to establish “whether or not there are the numbers to deliver a government without Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael”.
McDonald added: “Of course I’ll talk to Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar and I think the democratic thing is for them to speak to me too. I’ll speak to everyone because that’s what grown-up people do.”
She said she expects Sinn Féin to get more than 30 seats and said, in hindsight, the party should have run more candidates.
“Hindsight is a great thing, of course we should have fielded more candidates (had we know how well we would do). Certainly if I were a political clairvoyant, of course we would have run more candidates.”
10 Feb 2020
11:46AM
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin yesterday appeared to somewhat soften his stance on going into government with Sinn Féin, having repeatedly ruled out such an option during the campaign.
Martin yesterday said there are “significant issues to be resolved” but refused to rule out a coalition with Sinn Féin.
“We’ll assess it when the full count is in and the full number of seats are in. I’m a democrat. I listen to the people, I respect the decision of the people,” he told RTÉ.
However, outgoing Taoiseach Leo Varadkar appears less open to talks with Sinn Féin. Speaking at the RDS count centre yesterday he said Fine Gael will not change its mind about not wanting to form a coalition with Sinn Féin.
Varadkar said he had made his party’s position “very clear” during the campaign and that Fine Gael had won votes on that basis. “My position hasn’t changed,” he added.
Is Leo Varadkar’s role as leader of Fine Gael at risk given the party’s drop in support?
Senator Paudie Coffey highly critical of party TDs who didn’t come up from the grassroots. Says he didn’t abandon the party but the party abandoned him.
Paudie Coffey, Fine Gael Senator and former TD, has called on Varadkar to reflect on his position, telling Waterford’s WLRFM: “Fine Gael, I think took their eye off the ball … and the people have sent a strong message.”
The results are coming in thick and fast now, here is the latest list of elected TDs.
ELECTED: Fine Gael's Michael Creed along with Fianna Fáil's Michael Moynihan and Aindrias Moynihan took all three seats overnight in Cork North-West #GE2020pic.twitter.com/iJz5fUVptf
ELECTED: Fianna Fáil's Christopher O'Sullivan and Social Democrat's Holly Cairns (who, as it happens, are a couple) took the final two seats in Cork South-West overnight #GE2020pic.twitter.com/4fNeY1vlkA
ELECTED: Sinn Féin's Chris Andrews, Fine Gael's Eoghan Murphy, and Fianna Fáil's Jim O'Callaghan take the final three seats in Dublin Bay South #GE2020pic.twitter.com/Kta16dqMHI
Sinn Féin’s Chris Andrews has been elected in Dublin Bay South on the eighth count, with Fine Gael’s Eoghan Murphy (the outgoing Housing Minister) and Fianna Fáil’s Jim O’Callaghan being elected without reaching the quota.
Fine Gael’s Kate O’Connell has failed to retain her seat.
Fine Gael’s John Paul Phelan and Fianna Fáil’s Jennifer Murnane O’Connor have both been elected to the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency on the eighth count.
There is one more seat to fill in the five-seater – Sinn Féin’s Kathleen Funchion and Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness have already secured two seats.
Fianna Fáil’s Justice Spokesperson Jim O’Callaghan describes a “volatile electorate” moments after he is re-elected in the Dublin Bay South constituency.
A Downing Street spokesperson has weighed in following the surge in support for Sinn Féin, insisting that the UK’s “close” relationship with Ireland would continue.
“We are of course following the results of the Irish election carefully,” the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said.
“The UK and Ireland are close neighbours and friends and we look forward to continuing to work together.”
The spokesman added: “The close relationship between the UK and Ireland will continue regardless of the election result.”
Sinn Fein’s Pauline Tully takes the third seat in Cavan-Monaghan.
Matt Carthy (SF) and Heather Humphreys (FG) were both elected on the first count yesterday after both exceeded the 12,031 quota based on first preference votes.
The counts are coming in thick and fast from across the country but as it stands, Sinn Féin has secured 33 seats, outdoing its last general election results, and ahead of Fianna Fáil’s 19 seats.
Fine Gael sits on 17 seats at the moment, and others including the Green Party and Social Democrats have also increased their seats compared to the last Dáil.
Labour Leader Brendan Howlin yesterday said he did not want to be in government without a sizeable number of Labour TDs and said he had not heard from Mary Lou McDonald.
Today, since he was re-elected, he says McDonald has been trying to contact him and that he missed the call.
Brendan Howlin tells @VirginMediaNews that as he approached our podium in Wexford, he noticed he had a missed call and a text message… from @MaryLouMcDonald! #ge2020
Independent Christy Burke is attempting to make it to the Dáil for a 10th time this year and it looks set to be tight as the results of Dublin Central are emerging.
The dream is still alive for Christy Burke heading into the 8th count in #DublinCentral.
He's 67 votes behind Mary Fitzpatrick, but could overtake her with Gillian Brien's transfers.
People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny had yesterday considered himself out of the running to be re-elected.
But the race is hotting up and transfers could be crucial to keeping him in the running to take the fourth seat if he can leapfrog Fianna Fáil’s John Curran on the next count.
With Fianna Fáil’s Mary Fitzpatrick eliminated in Dublin Central, all eyes will turn to her transfers.
Independent Christy Burke and Social Democrat Gary Gannon will both be hoping for her transfer votes to clinch the fourth seat in the constituency.
The Green’s Neasa Hourigan and outgoing finance minister Paschal Donohoe are almost certain to join the already elected Mary Lou McDonald to complete the four-seater lineup.
Outgoing minister of state Michael D’Arcy has been eliminated in Wexford, while fellow outgoing minister of state Paul Kehoe is trailing last of the candidates in that constituency.
Kehoe is likely to take much of D’Arcy’s transfers though, which should push him ahead of Fianna Fáil’s Malcolm Byrne.
James Browne of Fianna Fáil and independent Verona Murphy both look set to secure a seat.
Holy medals and hole-y shoes – Fianna Fáil’s Cathal Crowe has his own traditions on election count days as he looks safe for a seat in Clare, where a candidate has yet to be elected.
Lucky Charms! Cathal Crowe with the shoes he bought in 2004 for his first council election. And holy medals! #GE2020pic.twitter.com/eR3BITjoYw
I’m going to hand you back to my colleague Órla Ryan who will keep you in the loop as the rest of the afternoon unfolds. Thanks for following the election results with TheJournal.ie.
An update from Tipperary is just in – on the eighth count, independent Mattie McGrath and Sinn Féin’s Martin Browne have joined Michael Lowry (who topped the poll and was elected on the first count yesterday).
ELECTED: Independent Mattie McGrath and Sinn Féin's Martin Browne take the second and third seats in Tipperary #GE2020pic.twitter.com/McYVt2cDiD
Meanwhile Sinn Féin’s Réada Cronin, Fine Gael’s Bernard Durkan and Fianna Fáil’s James Lawless have taken the final three seats in Kildare North.
ELECTED: Sinn Féin's Réada Cronin, Fine Gael's Bernard Durkan, and Fianna Fáil's James Lawless take the final three seats in Kildare North #GE2020pic.twitter.com/bEnx1Tsgm1
After securing the fourth and final seat in Dublin Mid West, PBP TD Gino Kenny said: “It’s a great feeling and I dedicate this to all my comrades in the party and the people who have been campaigning for medical cannabis over the last three and a half years.”
ELECTED: Independent Verona Murphy, Fianna Fáil's James Browne, and Fine Gael's Paul Kehoe take the final seats in Wexford #GE2020pic.twitter.com/FMWW04pUcn
Verona Murphy, was ran as an independent candidate after being dropped by Fine Gael over controversial comments about Direct Provision and immigrants, has been elected in Wexford.
Bad news for Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone who has been eliminated in Dublin Bay North.
Noone’s campaign was dealt a serious blow after she said Leo Varadkar was “autistic”, “on the spectrum” and that he “doesn’t know what to do with himself” in social situations.
Speaking to Channel 4 at the RDS, outgoing Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said:
“There is nothing inevitable about what the nature of the next government will be…
“My own party, Fine Gael, wants to be in and wants to lead the next government and we have yet to see how many seats we are going to have and what will be the seat difference between ourselves and Fianna Fáil.”
We’ve a breakdown of potential coalition options for the next government here.
Speaking about his own campaign in Dublin Central, Donohoe said: “You judge any personal campaign by whether you get elected or not and I think I’ll see the answer to that in the next few hours.”
ELECTED: Green Party's Neasa Hourigan, Fine Gael's Paschal Donohoe, and Social Democrat's Gary Gannon take the final seats in Dublin Central #GE2020pic.twitter.com/1GJO5nPLfp
Counting has been completed in Dublin Central where there was a serious battle for the fourth and final seat.
The Green Party’s Neasa Hourigan, Fine Gael’s Paschal Donohoe (the outgoing Finance Minister), and the Social Democrats’ Gary Gannon have now been elected.
At times fewer than 300 votes separated the candidates in line for the final seat – Gannon, former lord mayor Christy Burke, and Fianna Fáil’s Mary Fitzpatrick.
It was Burke’s 10th attempt at winning a Dáil seat.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald easily topped the poll in the constituency on the first count yesterday.
Earlier, Gannon told us he was ”cautiously optimistic”.
Fine Gael's Kate O'Connell is embraced after she lost her seat in Dublin Bay South. Niall Carson / PA Wire
Niall Carson / PA Wire / PA Wire
Roisin Shortall, co-leader of the Social Democrats, celebrating being elected in Dublin North West. Niall Carson / PA Wire
Niall Carson / PA Wire / PA Wire
The latest from Carlow-Kilkenny and Dublin South Central.
ELECTED: Green Party's Patrick Costello and Independents4Change's Joan Collins have been elected on the final count in Dublin South Central #GE2020pic.twitter.com/BYuBU9tiEZ
The latest from my colleague Bethany Langham at the RDS where Patrick Costello (Green Party) has been elected and Paul McAuliffe (Fianna Fáil) looks set to be.
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said a border poll appeared “inevitable” within the next decade following Sinn Féin’s electoral success.
The former Fianna Fáil leader said: “I think a border poll is inevitable. If you ask me when that is, I think it’s probably five years off at least.
“I think the Sinn Féin position is it should be held within five years. So let’s say we are talking about it being five years off, I do not think you are going to get the circumstances where it would become a condition of government that it has to be held in the short term.
“But it will be inevitable over this decade.”
On BBC Radio 4’s World at One he warned against rushing towards a poll on reunification before extensive preparatory work had been completed.
“It can only be done when the preparation is done, when the case is made, when it has been well explained, when people know the outcome,” he said. “To try and push it or rush it, which some people will probably try to do, would be a grave mistake.”
"This is a game changer election...we are now looking at how we can form a government that actually reflects the needs of citizens" - @moneillsf speaking in Belfast today on a historic election result for Sinn Féin #GE2020pic.twitter.com/tvKvFgUpNG
Meanwhile Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said it was a “good day” for Sinn Féin.
Speaking at Stormont, O’Neill commented: “Today is a good day on the back of what is a game-changer election for Sinn Féin in the 26 counties.
“The people have spoken in large numbers, they have thrown their support behind Sinn Féin. I think that our message of change has very much resonated with the voters.
“They were tired of the status quo, they were tired of the establishment parties and their arrogance, they were tired of the fact they have been failed on the housing and health front.
“We’re very grateful for all those people who came out and voted in such large numbers for the Sinn Féin team.
“We now are involved in the next stage of that which is wait until the votes are all counted towards the end of today but Mary-Lou [McDonald] has already reached out to the other smaller parties who also had a message of change to look about how we can form a government that actually reflects on the needs of citizens.
“We’ll be very true to the mandate which we sought from the people.”
10 Feb 2020
3:39PM
Asked how far up the agenda will preparation for a united Ireland be, O’Neill said: “We said we want to negotiate a programme for government that delivers on what we said to the electorate throughout this election campaign.
“We have provided solutions in terms of the health crisis and the housing crisis so we will want to work with others to establish a programme for government that reflects how we can deliver upon those promises.
“But obviously we are Irish republicans, there is no secret of that, and clearly we will have asks in terms of the republican project, clearly we will have asks in terms of the kind of society we want to build.
“But obviously at the end of the day we have said there should be unity referendum within five years so that’s the position we will take into negotiations.”
When asked if she believes Ireland has moved closer to unification, she said: “Yes, I absolutely do. We have said things are going in this direction for some time, I think for a number of reasons not least the fact that the unionist majority, the very basis on which this northern state was founded, is gone and has been gone over the last number of elections.
“But I think this is a seismic election shift in the 26 counties, Sinn Féin are the largest party in the 26 counties, I think that is significant in itself.”
Turns out Paschal Donohoe is a big Arnie fan. Who knew.
Meanwhile Ireland’s Finance Minister and Fine Gael candidate Paschal Donohoe shouts “Terminator Two, Terminator Two” as he is elected in Dublin Central 🤔 #GE2020pic.twitter.com/18YcibtnZr
FG's Catherine Byrne loses in Dublin South-Central - I4C Joan Collins and the Greens' Patrick Costello are both over the line #GE2020pic.twitter.com/RSVVn9KeT8
Speaking to reporters at the RDS, including our political correspondent Christina Finn, Paschal Donohoe has once again ruled out Fine Gael going into coalition with Sinn Féin.
Donohoe has also backed Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to remain as leader of Fine Gael following the party’s poor performance in the general election.
Speaking after being elected in Dublin Central, Donohoe expressed full confidence in Varadkar.
He said: “I absolutely support Leo Varadkar in his continued leadership of Fine Gael. The issues we have to reflect on as a party, how we respond back to the message that the people of Ireland have sent to us, will be best led if it is led by Leo.”
“We are a party of the centre and the party that has looked to bring economic and social change to our country but we recognise, and we did so in the campaign, that for many people, that change was not enough.
“We have become associated with the status quo. We will change that and we will change that under the leadership of Leo Varadkar.”
His comments come after others in the party said Varadkar should reflect on his position.
Four TDs have been elected in Clare: independent Michael McNamara, Sinn Féin’s Violet-Anne Wynne, Fianna Fáil’s Cathal Crowe and Fine Gael’s Joe Carey.
Timmy Dooley (FF) has lost his seat there.
Crowe, the Mayor of Clare, who was among the first people to boycott the since-cancelled controversial Royal Irish Constabulary commemoration service.
Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald pictured after being elected in Dublin Central yesterday. Niall Carson / PA Wire/PA Images
Niall Carson / PA Wire/PA Images / PA Wire/PA Images
Mary Lou McDonald has said she “may well be the next Taoiseach”.
In an impromptu walkabout around Dublin’s Moore Street, the Sinn Fein president was asked whether she will be the next leader of Ireland.
“I may well be the next Taoiseach, yes,” she said.
10 Feb 2020
3:58PM
I’m going to hand the liveblog over to my colleague Sean Murray now. Thanks for staying with me so far.
Before I go, here’s a reminder that a full list of elected TDs can be read here.
And in that vein, here’s how the national picture is currently looking. Sinn Féin won’t be winning any more seats, but are sitting pretty on their highest ever result – 37.
Fianna Fáil’s Paul McAuliffe – who’s currently the Dublin Lord Mayor – has won the last seat ahead of Solidarity-PBP’s Conor Reddy.
10 Feb 2020
4:22PM
Here’s what Fianna Fáil’s Paul McAuliffe has had to say after being elected in Dublin North West.
He says putting a government together is the responsibility of “every party” and that they all need to work together to make it a reality.
Another example of Fianna Fáil being willing to enter into government with Sinn Féin?
After being elected for Fianna Fáil in Dublin North-West, Lord Mayor Paul McAuliffe says that putting a government together is the responsibility of "every party" and that they all need to work together to make it a reality. #GE2020#FiannaFailpic.twitter.com/tqZunltn8O
Independent Thomas Pringle has been telling RTÉ that he’d be willing to work with Sinn Fein for a left-led government.
Independent Thomas Pringle looking a little more relaxed, we’re on the 2nd last count and he leads the remaining candidates. It is a tight race but he believes he will get one the 3 remaining seats. Says he’s ready to do business with a SF for a left led government pic.twitter.com/dZTFsbjYz1
Here’s confirmation of the make-up of Cork North Central and Louth.
10 Feb 2020
5:06PM
Fianna Fáil’s Brendan Smith is on course to take a seat for Fianna Fáil in Cavan-Monaghan alongside Niamh Smyth.
He tells RTÉ News it wasn’t a mistake to run three candidates in the constituency.
“I don’t know how right the strategy was when we were looking for one seat to run two candidates,” he says.
“People in the media – the national narrative in 2011 was that Fianna Fáil wouldn’t survive… I was sincerely hoping we would come back in this election in the early 50s (seats).”
He says party leader Micheál Martin doesn’t need to consider his position.
Yes or no, should FF go into government with Sinn Féin? “No,” Smith says.
It’s very much endgame now – albeit a long evening ahead in some count centres.
133 of the 160 seats have been filled.
10 Feb 2020
5:18PM
We’ve more on those comments from Mary Lou on the possibility of becoming the next Taoiseach here.
She said: “We have commenced discussions and contact with the leaders of the Green Party, Social Democrats, People Before Profit, the Labour Party.
“I hope we will meet over the coming days to explore in real terms whether we have the numbers and whether the political will exists to deliver that new government that is clearly demanded.
“We are absolutely clear we won’t do another five years in the same way as the last four years panned out.”
10 Feb 2020
5:21PM
Danny Healy-Rae is talking about smelling blood on RTÉ News now.
He says Fianna Fáil might have thought they smelt his blood but it wasn’t his blood.
All of the counters are leaving which hopefully means the final count for Dublin Bay North is in. Either that or they've all given up.#GE2020pic.twitter.com/xdUJ5n6wfg
Nicky Ryan stepping in for my colleague Sean, who’s running off to cover a breaking story.
Here’s a look at how things stand right now:
37 seats are going to Sinn Féin, followed by 29 for Fine Gael and 28 for Fianna Fáil – the rest are spread out amongst other parties, with 26 left to be filled.
PA Archive / PA Images
PA Archive / PA Images / PA Images
James Reilly was a significant voice in the previous Fine Gael-Labour coalition government, but after losing his Dáil seat in 2016 and failing twice more to get it back, he’s retiring from politics.
He told RTÉ News:
My current reflection is, after 13 years in public life, I owe my wife a debt of gratitude, and I promised I wouldn’t spend more than 10 years, so I’m going back to look after my family and practice [medicine].
Lads, we’re on count 11 in Wicklow, and still only one candidate has been elected. It looks like Jennifer Whitmore will take another seat for the Social Democrats after the next count.
Or maybe the one after that?
Or maybe this count will just continue for all eternity?
Pat Casey has been eliminated, another hit for Fianna Fáil.
🚨 BREAKING: @MaryLouMcDonald tells @VirginMediaNews she has spoken with Labour leader Brendan Howlin with a view to forming a left-wing Government, and hopes to meet him this Wednesday #ge2020
As it stands, the Labour party would form a very minor part of any further government – they have just four seats, although could pick up another few if things go their way in the coming hours. Remember, they won 37 seats last time they were in coalition in 2011.
“They didn’t break the hunger strikers, they didn’t break Bobby Sands and Kevin Lynch, they’ll never break us, they’ll never break Sinn Féin,” he says. Kevin Lynch died in the Maze Prison in 1981 and had run for election in the Waterford constituency.
He concludes: “What we say is, up the Republic, up the Ra, and tiocfaidh ár lá.”
Speaking to Matt Cooper on The Last Word on Today FM this evening, Cullinane said that he “never distanced himself at all from the IRA, or from Bobby Sands, and the people who died on hunger strike, or for those were involved in the armed struggle.
I’m never one who will distance myself from Sinn Féin’s past, or the IRA’s past. I don’t agree with everything the IRA did. Of course I don’t. Do I think Martin McGuinness was wrong to join the IRA? No I don’t… the bottom line is that the IRA is gone, it doesn’t mean we don’t celebrate or commemorate those volunteers.
While Saoirse McHugh didn’t make it for the Green Party in Mayo, she does has a very lovely dog.
Myself and Olive would like to give a massive shout out to everybody who canvassed, donated, volunteered, voted and supported us over the last few weeks.
While we didn’t get elected it shows that there is an appetite for green left politics and guillotines in Mayo
The Social Democrats have had a smart election, targeting specific seats and are on course to win six of them.
Bethany Langham spoke to Cian O’Callaghan who’s in the mix to win a seat in Dublin Bay North for the party.
He says the Social Democrat message resonated with people.
With 4 Social Democrats elected, Cian O'Callaghan hopes to be the 5th. Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow) is expected to be the 6th. O'Callaghan puts their success in this election down to their solution-led approach throughout the campaign. #GE2020#socdemspic.twitter.com/awID7S02e2
Chip van operators will be hoping for a second election sometime in the near future.
On my way home from day 2 of the count and all I can think is if someone had set up a chip-van outside the count centre, they'd have made a small fortune. #GE2020
David Cullinane addresses media in Dublin after a video of him shouting “Up The Ra, tiochfaidh ár lá” emerged on social media. Says he was “emotional” at the time and was referring to the past not the future when he made the comments. #GE2020pic.twitter.com/FTedhtQdPB
He said yesterday was an “emotional” day. He says the 30-second clip was part of a “longer, broader” speech. He says the comments weren’t about the “here and now” but the past.
“The IRA is gone as everybody knows, and I celebrate that the same as anyone else,” he says.
In response, Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said she has briefed all of her party members not to make “throwaway comments” as she heads into talks with other party leaders. #GE2020pic.twitter.com/I636FSrZET
The last seats in Dublin Bay North are expected to be filled very, very soon.
Dublin Bay North count expected shortly where Aodhan O’Riordain (Lab) Cian O’Callaghan (Soc Dems) and Sean Haughey (FF) set to be elected pic.twitter.com/oyzCQFVa79
Cian O’Callaghan (Soc Dems), Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Lab) and Seán Haughey (Fianna Fáil) have claimed the seats.
10 Feb 2020
8:13PM
That’s almost every seat in Dublin now filled.
There are still two more to go in Dublin South West. Fianna Fáil’s John Lahart and the Green Party’s Francis Duffy look in the driving seat to get in ahead of Katherine Zappone.
Labour’s Jan O’Sullivan – who lost her seat – has just tweeted this message, tagging other women who’ve lost their seat at this election:
“We have achieved a lot for women’s rights and shaping a more inclusive and tolerant Ireland but sad that many brave women I have worked with cross party on these issues have lost seats.”
Katherine Zappone has been saying she now plans to bow out of Irish politics after losing her seat in Dublin South West.
“I always felt I was a bit of an accidental politician,” she says.
10 Feb 2020
9:45PM
Fianna Fáil’s Robert Troy is speaking to Claire Byrne on RTÉ now.
He’s commiserating with his colleagues who failed to be elected.
“Quite clearly, our message did not resonate with the public,” he says. “We were punished for facilitating that government for the length of time that we did.”
The Fianna Fáil recriminations over confidence and supply goes on.
He says Mary Lou McDonald should be allowed to go and see if she has enough support from left parties to form a government.
Jennifer Whitmore has exceeded the quota and takes a seat for the Soc Dems.
Simon Harris (FG), Stephen Donnelly (FF) and Steven Matthews (Green) look good to take the rest of the seats. Andrew Doyle (FG) looks like missing out.
Whitmore’s surplus will now be distributed, but that shouldn’t take long.
10 Feb 2020
9:55PM
Jennifer Whitmore is talking to Claire Byrne now.
She said the “long wait has been worth it”.
The Social Democrats have had a great election, from two to six seats.
Interesting take here from Fianna Fáil’s Malcolm Byrne, who failed to hold on to the seat in Wexford he won in a by-election in November.
He says he respects the mandate given to Sinn Féin and that they should seek a government.
“Fianna Fáil must accept that we will form a centrist opposition,” he says.
There’s clearly a difference of opinion emerging within Fianna Fáil over what way it should go next.
It is clear from #GE2020 that the people have voted for @sinnfeinireland and other left wing parties and their policies. I respect that mandate and that they should seek to form a government. @fiannafailparty must accept that we will form a centrist opposition
And here we go, the result from Cavan-Monaghan is in. The final result in the country!
Brendan Smith and Niamh Smyth elected.
Two sitting FF TDs re-elected.
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I believe a lot of the SF surge has come from voters who are totally disillusioned with FF and FG, they knew that SF had not run enough candidates to form a government outright, and the best they could hope for was being in coalition, probably as the junior partner. It was a protest vote. I think Mary Lou would need to cool her jets if she actually thinks that this switch to SF is somehow for ever, as people can always switch their vote to someone else next time around as well if SF turn out to be all bluff.
@Brian McDonnell: if they succeed in government they could be leading the next one in 2024.
It depends how they might do if they get in government.
They won’t be junior government partners either not with that many seats, they’d have a lot of power to implement some of their policies.
@Sim0n: it sounds like you would be more than happy to see them fail
That is a very bizzarre atitude, you would rather see someone fail and be directly effected just so you can say ‘I told you so’
it is not all about you Sim0n. A good strong government that works for the people benefits us all. It is not all about you Sim0n and this ‘if I am doing ok, feck everyone else’ type of attitude.
Lose that for your own sake. There will come a time when you get older when you will be totally dependant on other people and the last thing you will want for these people is a ‘if I am doing ok, feck everyone else’ type of attitude.
@Brian McDonnell: Jaysus simOn…take that humble pie like a man…your were wrong in all your rants, predictions and theories , that spun out of your head for past months…You are wrong ! …..END OFF ..or maybe that arrogant to suggest everybody else is wrong..and you are still right…
@Brian McDonnell: FF or FG have no option now but to form a government with SF. I think it is clear that the people of Ireland do not want another FFG government. if it goes back to another vote SF will just run double the number of candidates
@Brian McDonnell: Sim0n: it sounds like you would be more than happy to see them fail
That is a very bizzarre atitude, you would rather see someone fail and be directly effected just so you can say ‘I told you so’
it is not all about you Sim0n. A good strong government that works for the people benefits us all. It is not all about you Sim0n and this ‘if I am doing ok, feck everyone else’ type of attitude.
Lose that for your own sake. There will come a time when you get older when you will be totally dependant on other people and the last thing you will want from these people that are looking after you is a ‘if I am doing ok, feck everyone else’ type of attitude.
@CJ Stewart: I only said I wouldn’t ever vote for Sinn Féin for a variety of reasons. That hasn’t changed. We were told the 2 biggest issues for voters were health and housing. I assumed McDonalds inability to answer how they’ll fix the health service and deliver 100k homes @65k a pop would show the viewers that it’s unachievable hyper populism. I’m now content to sit back and watch their new voters realise they’ve been sold a pup. Sinn Féin must go in to government now and they must fix health and build 100k homes – they have all the answers after all.
@Sim0n: you dont want the best for the people, u dont want it to be possible for people of this country to get better services, u just want SF to fail. Ur a sad loser.
This is the most damaging part of the Irish electorate – the gross hypocrisy and tribalism.
Criticising SF for over promising and not being able to deliver. USC, universal health insurance, trolley crisis – on and on and on and on with the unfulfilled promises from FG. FF policies bankrupted the nation.
Your points about SF policies are nakedly
Self serving. They make no sense. ALL of the parties are over promising in their manifestos.
AND you were never voting SF. It has nothing to do with their promises. It’s not like you said “I was going to vote SF but now that I see they’ve promised too much Ive changed my mind.”
Why do you find it so hard to be honest? You don’t like SF – why not say why? The ACTUAL reason. As opposed to this rubbish about their housing policy or whatever.
For most people it comes down to “I think I’ll have to pay more tax” – if that’s the case say so.
@Sam Greene: I’m sure we all want what’s best for the people. Hyperpopulism offering completely undeliverable promises serves nobody. If you and others bought it then good luck. I’d genuinely like to be wrong, but having examined their health and housing policies there’s not a hope they can deliver.
@Brian McDonnell: That figure is not accurate. that was the FG spin on what it actually said in the party manifesto. The real figure is more than twice this 65K each. I hope they do get housing in the next government as that is the only way that a proper programme of social house building will happen. Without this, the housing/renting/homelessness issues in this state will never be resolved.
@Brian McDonnell: The €6.5B SF plan to spend on housing is in addition to existing Government committments.
Costs(from Dept of housing) per unit are €230k for new build social & affordable rents,€190k for acquisitions and returns,€50k subsidy for affordable sales
@Shazam37: As far as i can see the Sf plan means no usc up to 30k. No tax changes for 30k – 100k workers. 5% extra tax for those earning over 100k and an increase of employer prsi from 11% to 15.75% for those over 100k. So no changes for me or most of us i’d say (ok no LPT). I think Vat is too high hitting low / middle incomes; EU comparison here; https://taxfoundation.org/vat-rates-europe-2019/
I think restaurants cafes and hotels should be on 9% like the netherlands.
@Damian Moylan: I don’t agree with their tax policies – taxing lesser incomes nothing at all – which we do here – isn’t sensible.
In the grander scheme of things we should be taxing wealth and land – not income – the most. Average people work for their income and get punished in their pay. Wealthy people have assets which generates more wealth for them or is entirely unproductive – like land.
Shift away from property ownership and income taxation for a fairer society.
@Laughable: 65000 a house, are you joking, No1 state land cost money,No 2 who’s going to build the houses for non profit, No3 who’s going to build the houses as we don’t have a construction work force to fulfil this build in this time frame, so wake up.
@Nuala Mc Namara: then shouldn’t they stop saying 100,000 houses for 6.5bn additional funding… And say what additional houses they’re proposing for what additional funding?
If I were SF I’d put down some brick wall red lines that the vast majority of the public agree with, and hope they’re rejected so we can all go back to the polls and SF can run additional candidates alongside a voting pact with the rest of the left.
I’m convinced that the overwhelming majority of people who voted Sinn Fein have not read the SF manifesto and are are now realising what Sinn Fein are actually about.
@Reasonable Responsible: I’m convinced that nobody reads any political parties manifesto and vote in their best interest FF/FG let the country down and wasted so much money that people are fed up with their incompetence and are trying something new.
@Reasonable Responsible: my God, u just cant admit that the thousands of people who voted SF knew exactly what they were voting for, and that’s why the did vote SF !!
@Reasonable Responsible: Mary Lou arrives in BMW to count centre. Crowd singing Come Out Ye Black And Tans. Their manifesto has more holes than a tea bag.
@Reasonable Responsible: I did read manifestos of all parties and none. I am a full time family carer and we have been treated horrifically by government after government with cut after cut and the week before the election they cut the disability budget by 20 million and then gave the FAI 20 million. My special needs son will need full time care for his entire life and they just keep putting us into poverty. I have to beg everyday for services for him as do every other family carer in Ireland all the while we save the state and Health system over 10 billion a year. I work for the state looking after an adult with extra needs although he is my son I work 24/7 without a brake 365 days a year for less than 90 cent an hour. I cannot work as he is totally dependant and I met all the candidates at a meeting in my area and SF were they only one’s that had us included on their manifesto and yes I gave them my vote!
@Charliegrl80: your a admirable person. My mother did the same, cared full time for my severely disabled brother until her death last year, me and my sisters have now taken over his care.
I know how u have been treated by government after government. I hope things improve for u. You will always know in your heart that u have done the right thing by your son and you are to be admired x
@Reasonable Responsible: Give it a rest will you, I’m 38, well educated and work in a good job.
I voted Sinn Fein this time because of their policies and the other 2 were completely taking the piss.
@Sam Greene: I appreciate you’ve some experience of caring, and appreciate you want to be kind to other carers, so this isn’t a dig at you. Personally speaking, as a carer, I don’t want to be admired. I want to be treated as a human being, not a work horse. I want my son to be respected as a human being, not a burden to society. I want to be respected for the contribution I make to society and to the economy, not be ignored, left to spiral into ill health, or be lumped in with long term unemployed when it comes to budgets. Knowing I am doing the right thing doesn’t put food on the table or a roof over our heads. It doesn’t compensate for the career I lost or the pension I lost because services were cut so severely I had no choice but to become a full time carer.
Is there such a thing as Sour Grapes Pie ? The amount of people who just cant accept that the majority of people who voted SF voted so because they want the people of this country to get decent services, and to be considered. We are tired of being told “Ireland looks good on a spread sheet, the figures for big business look good “while the people are struggling day in and day out. Enough.
@Sam Greene: I think people are well aware why people voted Sinn Féin. Their policies appeal to the mass and they ran an excellent campaign. However, it’s well within people’s right to question where their new SF led government is going to pull €22bn out of – its hugely concerning as their numbers simply do not add up. Heavily taxing the over €100k employees has huge risks involved; we don’t need a brain-drain, quite the opposite in fact! We need more doctors, more tech people and more entrepreneurs! Try fixing a health crises with less incoming doctors. We are all Irish citizens and only want the best for the country at the end of the day
There wasn’t too many options, was this really surprising?
At this stage a change is needed and playing volley ball between FF and FG is getting the same results.
The sinister bully boy decision to not allow SinnFein in the RTE debate must have been an eyeopener for all of how the two big were able to corrupt RTE. And they never anticipated the high price they now are paying. May justice be done in other areas now too.
The arrogance of Fine Gael still showing. Pascal O Donoghue on Radio 1 this morning still talking like it is still the big 2 parties. The people have spoken.
Did any Sinn Fein voters think about how the Unionists will react when SF push for a united Ireland? It will be the restart of the troubles. Well done lads, well done. Also, why is this party that’s obsessed with nationalism and still stuck in the 1920s regularly called left wing? This brand of old school nationalism is nearly always associated with the right.
@Mark Kelly: Will stop with the scaremongering tactics..it didn’t wash before the election and it doesn’t wash now..SF aren’t going to go into government and all of a sudden aggressively push for a United Ireland…that’s just a ludicrous and pathetic suggestion…They will find an ally in FF who will bendover to be in power because it’s MM last chance to be taoiseach..This regurgitation of the past and links to this, that and the other has been soundly reject by the citizens of Ireland…Grow up and move on!!
@Mark Kelly: Firstly, if you look at the party policies in any detail you will see that they are definitely to the left on the political spectrum
Secondly: Sinn Fein will push for a united Ireland as it has always been their platform position but they will not make the mistakes of Brexit and go straight for a referendum. The plan is to have discussions and information disseminated to everyone as to how this would work culturally, inclusively and financially. Only once the real and accurate information is out there will there be any poll on whether a majority want a united Ireland.
@Kevin Lonergan: look at SFs immigration policies in or around page 70 of their manifesto. It’s like something Boris Johnstone would write. Sinn Fein are not truly a left wing party, they are a populist party. Look at the number of flip-flops and turns in recent years, including on water charges.
@Mark Kelly: did the unionists care How’s the Nationalists felt when they went into a conference and supply arrangement with Theresa May? No, people voted sf for their policies on housing and health. We should respect the unionists sure, however the Irish people don’t need to check on them every time we vote.
This massive “vote left” “vote right wing FG out” protest is bizarre when you consider we are a welfare state. By any other standards, we are already well left of centre.
“There are 1.3m people in receipt of a weekly social welfare payment in respect of two million beneficiaries. A further 625,300 families receive a monthly child benefit payment in respect of 1.2m children.”
@Perlum Sprite: left wing are associated with trade unionism and larger public sectors. Labour and solidarity never saw a PS pay increase they didn’t support.
So your statement that you want to keep going left to equalise pay makes no sense.
If you want to prioritise private sector equality you need to go right. Not left.
Cant believe that the people of Cork North Central voted for Colm Burke, didn’t they learn from the experience with Dara Murphy, shows that Fine Gael could have run a tin of beans as a candidate and their loyal supporters would have returned the same result.
I would love to know the backgrounds of the SF candidates who won seats. I’m not talking about terrorism but their actual intellect and their current jobs. I’m particularly interested in the ones who have recently lost seats in local elections. Is their intellect of a standard that we should demand to run our country?
Here is how I see it. The big danger for FF going in with SF would be that an issue would occur and SF would bring down the government within 3 months. They would then possibly gain another 15 seats in a new election and form their coalition of the left. The same would go for any permutation between FG and SF. Therefore I can only see one plausible stable government and that involves both FF and FG and possibly one other.
@Imagine !: I think if FF and FG go in to government together again, they will both get decimated in the next election, would be very foolish, and FG seem to be making noise that they are quite happy to sit this one out.
I left Ireland some time ago but I can see why there has been this big swing for SF. They are currently the only alternative to FFG centre right politics. I hope they can deliver on at least most of their promises as otherwise there will again be no alternative for Irish voters. FFG are victims of their own arrogant belief that the revolving door of Irish elections would continue. For too long Irish politics was like US politics at least there may now be a real choice and political parties will have to reasses what they really stand for instead of simply sating “well at least we’re not them over there!”
For many decades FFG had it all to themselves, always having between 110 and 130 seats between them. This changed in 2011 when they had less than 100 and was maintained in 2016. This time they will have less than 80 seats. It’s an irreversible and welcome change.
FF and FG have no choice but to join up as one party there is no room left for the two identical parties. Change the name to say ” The Liberal Democrats “.
They both have to finally realise that the civil war was nearly 100 years ago.
This is going to be very interesting, FF are already backing down on forming a coalition with SF, which is no big surprise as we all knew FF would get into bed with any one if the numbers added up.
As for a FF/FG merger into one political party, I can’t see that happening any time soon, their core voters are still fighting civil war politics, they can’t stand each other, they would see a merger as a betrayal of the memories of those gone before.
Any attempt to merge would probably result in a myriad of splinter groups from both parties which would destroy both FF and FG (no real harm there.) leaving the political field wide open for others to take advantage.
FF’s or FG’s best option now is SF in coalition, then they can do what theyt did to the PDs, the Greens, labour and many an independent, throw them under the bus if things start going wrong.
The question is will SF’s desire for power blind them to what FF and FG have done before?
@Brian McDonnell: There is still a possibility that SF will be the biggest party by 1 seat, can’t see FF going in with Meehole as Tainaiste and therefore we’ll be back voting again in a few weeks.
Kind of agree with Barry Cowen, let Sinn Fein and their allies at it for a bit. We’ve probably had it too good, a bit of chaos might make us more appreciative.
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