From top: Chris Andrews, Jim O’Callaghan Eoghan Murphy and Kate O’Connell
This morning/afternoon
RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Scenes from the final tallies in the Dublin Bay South four-seater, where Fine Gael Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy joined Chris Andrews SF), Jim O’Callaghan (FF) and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan (elected yesterday) – at the expense of colleague Kate O’Connell
Eoghan Murphy Retains Seat At Cost Of Kate O’Connell (Newstalk)
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not to worry – a senate seat with almost as generous expenses awaits her
She won’t go hungry with her Pharmacy business and portfolio of investment properties.
How dare a TD have a career before and after political life!
you forgot ‘during’
Yes, but when she’s part of the government and the government’s job is to help solve the housing crisis – the housing crisis which she is financially benefitting from, you have to think, nahhh. There’s a conflict of interest here
If Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour have any cop on at all left, they’ll enter all new Candidates into the Senate elections
I haven’t completed a full round up yet
Between catching up with work and recovering from five 15 hour days on the trot – and what have ya
But I haven’t seen many of their Senators come in with a seat
Save for Labour have a few shouts alright
am I right in thinking Stephen Donnelly somehow might make it yet?
also, Zappone?
Donnelly should make it and Zappone is likely to loose her seat
Zappone gone now.
Made my day, awful yoke..
+ V
did she disappear in a puff of green smoke?
with the words “try tracking these mileage expenses, suckers” hanging in the air
I’m not a fan of hers, but I’d rather her slight uselessness and entitlement than posh-boy Murphy’s complete & utter hook line & sinker uselessness and entitlement
For sure. Crazy that he got re-elected relatively comfortably in the end.
He won’t be in Housing at least, hopefully won’t get a Ministerial position either, and why would he, useless
Hook Line and Sinker; fixed that for ye.
Yeah, no.
I cant stand listening to Jim O’
Kate, you can threaten me with eviction for late payment any day
Standing next to posh boy Murphy..
https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-huawei-rev1&ei=ZHtBXsXgK5HKgQbSy5rwAg&q=Killian+Scott+&oq=Killian+Scott+&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-serp.3..0i131l2j0l5j46.15317.23877..27343…1.1..1.202.999.4j4j1……0….1………0i71j46i275j0i10.f9JVvamTywk
Chris Andrews though – https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/andrews-in-fresh-sf-tweets-controversy-242274.html
Right? Class act that fella.
Amazing that southside Blueshirts were given a straight choice between a pro-repeal, media friendly, entrepreneurial successful female candidate and the most disastrous minister for housing ever and they chose the latter.
I suppose it’s to be expected in a constituency with more landlords per capita than any other, anywhere on ‘these islands’ bar central London. :-/
Kate’s a landlord herself Ann. She looks very upset. I suspect she’ll have a few things to say about Leo before the end of the day.
You’d think so and it could be epic. That said, the woman beside her (mother?) looks fit to batter someone.
Knew it was too small to be Steve Bruce….
They went with the lads for all four seats
What’s Nicola Sturgeon doing there?
Playing hooker about to join a scrum it looks like.