Archive for the ‘October 27 2011’ Category
Elections Over – Fianna Fáil Still Toxic, A Government Starting to Slide
A Fianna Fáil Resurrection in Dublin West
– or A Fine Gael Gift?
Ed Moloney in his always stimulating Broken Elbow Blog concentrates on the Sinn Féin performance and suggests in passing:
Fianna Fail did what no-one expected and put on a convincing impression of Lazarus. The FF result in the West Dublin by-election, the creditable performance of Sean Gallagher, the ersatz Fianna Failer – despite the late-breaking brown envelope scandal.
http://thebrokenelbow.com/2011/10/31/why-provo-lies-about-the-past-are-so-dumb/#comments
I disagreed, and posted a an explanatory reply. This article expands on the topic.
The Fianna Fáil Dublin West by-election result must be analysed in tandem with the dire Fine Gael result achieved by a very weak candidate, Eithne Loftus.
http://www.electionsireland.org/changes.cfm?election=2011B&cons=112
http://www.rte.ie/news/vote2011/dublin-west.html Read the rest of this entry »
Written by tomasoflatharta
Nov 1, 2011 at 11:27 pm
Tomás Ó Flatharta 