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Niall Blaney bows out of Donegal NE

Mick Fealty on January 31, 2011, 1:31 pm

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The one man I thought was certain to take the field for Fianna Fail was Niall Blaney TD in Donegal North East. After his notification last night that he would not, the man who will take his place is a guy called Charlie McConalogue from Carndonagh (preferred over Senator Cecilia Keaveney). Adds: it may be part of a general cut and run theme. If I were to make an educated guess it may be that the Blaney machine is defecting to …

Two Dail seats for Sinn Fein in Donegal..?

Mick Fealty on October 29, 2010, 11:33 am

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There’s an analysis piece in the Donegal Democrat that backs some of the soundings I’ve been taking in and around Donegal in recent weeks, ie that Sinn Fein could/should take one and possibly two seats in Donegal in the next southern general election. The figures are an extrapolation from the last Red C poll, and based on an ‘independent’ analysis from Aidan Kavanagh at NUI Maynooth (who did a similar exercise in May): The national figures which were published at …