Tag Archives: GE16

At the Green Party general election launch this morning.

Meanwhile…

There is tay.

CaXWPqFWwAEL0QtCaXV7ePWIAAr9a6CaXV7eqWEAAb8Fe

This morning.

Students registering to vote at Dublin Institute of Technology on Aungier Street, Dublin 2.

Kevin Donoghue tweetz:

“10 minutes and it’s bopping. #MakeASmartVote get down to DIT Students’ Union now.”

Democracy.

Mmf.

Yesterday: Home To Vote (Part 2)

UPDATE:

During lunchtime at DIT Bolton Street, Dublin 1…

CaX6jXHW4AEjpkk

Via USI


Get set.

Oh.

Earlier: Unleash Hell

Meanwhile…

Dylad writes:

Can you believe how Healy-Rae has stolen the bog-classic ‘Hit the Diff‘?

Earlier: Unleash Hell

Update:

90407122

Taoiseach Enda Kenny leaves Aras an Uachtarain after asking President Michael Higgins to dissolve the Dáil.

Sam Boal/Rollingnews

Update:

Meanwhile…

unnamed-1 unnamed

Anon writes:

I just wanted to send you this, It is unsolicited election material that came to my house yesterday, sent from Pat Breen, Fine Gael’s Clare TD.  I notice it was sent in a Dail Eireann envelope. As far as i know they are not supposed to canvass using these.

CaMs7YHW0AEWqWT

From left: Fine Gael Dublin South-West candidate Colm Brophy; Newstalk’s Shona Murray, Ivan Yates and Chris Donoghue; and Anti Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy on Newstalk

Fine Gael TD candidate for Dublin South-West Colm Brophy and Anti Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy, also from Dublin South-West spoke on Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

They were discussing Irish Water when presenter Chris Donoghue asked Mr Brophy for his opinion on attachment orders which would allow the State to deduct money from people’s welfare payments and pay packets in order to pay unpaid water charge bills.

Chris Donoghue: “Colm at the moment, Irish Water claims it’s 61%, Paul claims it’s lower than that – the compliance rate. The business model for Irish Water is based on 85% of people paying their bills, that’s not happening. Is it time, in your opinion, for attachment orders to welfare, or to wages, for people who don’t pay?”

Colm Brophy: “I tell you, yeah, what I’m, first of all, 61%, I think it should be full compliance and I think basically we have to reach a point where people need to understand that water is something that costs and therefore, if you don’t pay, there’ll have to be some method of getting that payment back.”

Talk over each other

Donoghue: “You’ve arrived at my question and the Government has deferred this decision. Should attachment orders be placed to welfare and wages of those who don’t pay?”

Brophy: “I believe everyone should pay and if they’re refusing to pay, there should be whatever means, including looking at that, as a means to…”

Listen back in full here

Pic: Newstalk Breakfast

Screen Shot 2016-02-01 at 23.48.30

Noooooo!

Get well soon, Vincent.

Alicia Lawlor with Cllr Gary Gannon at Leinster House (above)

Sixteen and never been canvassed?

Time to lower the voting age.

Alicia Lawlor writes:

Why can’t I vote about my future ? Why can’t I share my opinion , let people hear my voice? Why should adults decide what can and can’t happen for me and the world that I am part of , I should have a say in my future don’t you think ?

I and sixteen I should be allowed to vote.

You sit there … think about it, why shouldn’t I be allowed vote, I shouldn’t only be allowed say my opinions to current affairs to a class room I should have the privilege of being able to make my own choices , own decision on what I think the government can and can’t do.

I’m sixteen yet I’m getting talks about career choices and colleges for what I want to do in life yet I can’t decide what I want for my countrys future .

It’s me who has the rest of my life to live here unless I decide to move a road which I don’t plan on doing, I plan on making a change , but how can I if you won’t let me vote ?

By  law I’m allowed to leave school and get a full time job or stay in school and get a part time job . Laws and tax effect that yet I can’t affect them by casting my vote in things that will effect my job , income , life, future.

Why should I be allowed sign consent to an operation but I can’t vote on something that will also affect my way of living ?

I myself would like to go into politics in near future and  would like to make a change for the people, for a better equal future… what a true republic should be… and will be, soon.

I want you to think and ask yourself what is a true republic? How many of you can honestly say you understand what a true republic is ? I’m sixteen yet I understand the meaning of a true republic from experience in life , which has nothing to do with my age.

Scotland lowered their vote to sixteen during their independence vote , people aged sixteen actively took part in the referendum with debates , campaigning and the voting … so why can’t I take part in my country’s referendums?

I believe in a true republic and I believe lowering the vote to sixteen will help us reach that promise from 100 years ago… a true republic. 26+6=1 I’ll leave that with you to figure out and think about.

Alicia Lawlor is currently on one day a week work experience with Cllr Gary Gannon, Social Democrats candidate for Dublin Central.

FIGHT!

Earlier: ‘Ireland Was Taken Back’