This afternoon.
Fianna Fail Election HQ, Dublin.
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning & Local Government James Corden Darragh O’Brien TD at the launch of a FF Press Briefing on Housing with Dublin City Councillor Mary Fitzpatrick (top left) and Deputy Spokesperson on Urban Renewal & Housing Pat Casey TD.
Regarding Sinn Féin’s plans to initiate the “largest ever campaign of public housing construction” as part of its own policy, Mr O’Brien said “we have a Sinn Féin party running approximately 40 candidates – if all of them were elected they wouldn’t be in Government”.
“(Sinn Féin housing spokesman) Eoin Ó Broin has the luxury, and he knows himself, to really say what he wants without having the responsibility to deliver,” Mr O’Brien said.
Sinn Féin policies moot as they are only running 40 candidates, FF TD insists (Breakingnews.ie)
Vote for us, we are rich and fat.
Don’t vote for them, they are poor and few.
There is no alternative.
Who cares what this fat fool has to say?
i don’t, but she probably has a point that she has a right to be on the debate as SF leader
This lad came out on top in Fingal in 2016. I really hope his record of voting against the Repeal of the Eight comes back to haunt him.
I just heard him on the wireless there on 5 7 live
59 weeks means a year and two months to normal people
Also promising 250,000 houses over five years; but then F.F. would have the country’s “Developers” on speed dial..
and visa versa!
Johnny Vegas over here giving it the big I am.
Well said.
Is there anything stopping a reverse of the current FG-FF arrangement happening in this election? Or come to think of it any election after this?
Nope. In fact that seems quite likely to happen.
If some other party like the Greens get enough seats, they will be the kingmakers; that is who I would vote for, given the current impasse.
anyone know how many Green candidates there are?
37
Big fire at the Dáil
Course they’d have to actually show up for work for it to have a real effect
FF are running 82 candidates, so, yes, they could form a governemt if they were all elected bar one. But do they honestly expect that? Like everyone else, FF are running in order to form a coalition afterwards.
maybe they have forgotten what a coalition is? they’ve been a long time away from the trough.
Well they have the extra one already
Sean O’Fearghail
Such arrogance from O’Brien he should go easy on the black & white pudding!
In fairness I could do with laying off the puddin’ myself
And the chips and the mayo
And the bread and butter with the chips and mayo
And the cake
No too much like another overinflated egotistical O’Brien we know. Translate his speech to laymans terms and it’s really “Me, me, me, money, money, money for me”.