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Cowen: “They might be ready for an election, but they are not ready for government”

Mick Fealty on November 30, 2010, 10:58 pm

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One of the biggest questions being asked by the twitizens of the Irish Twitterverse on the day of the Donegal South West bye election was ‘how could 21% of the population vote for Fianna Fail?’… Well, if you have 45 minutes to spare, it’s worth it to watch the Taoiseach in action at Castlefin pumping up the troops… It’s extraordinary to watch a man who is usually so buttoned up and carapaced when dealing with the press lamming into all and sundry …

Donegal South West: Emergence of Sinn Fein Nua?

Mick Fealty on November 27, 2010, 8:39 am

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Now whilst Donegal is not Ireland, for Sinn Fein this byelection victory has the potential to become a game-changing moment. They now have one of those two predicted Donegal seats. In fact, Aidan Kavanagh’s Red C extrapolations underestimated Sinn Fein’s appeal to the Donegal South West electorate and exaggerated the strength of the mainstream parties. Pearse Doherty grabbed 40% of all first preferences, and 60% of all first and second preferences, something that’s previously been unheard of in the politics of the …

As Donegal South West goes to the polls….

Mick Fealty on November 25, 2010, 12:11 pm

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Pretty much all of the Donegal world agus a bhean chéile thinks Pearse Doherty is going to top the poll with ease this time out. Since they managed only to scrape 8k last time out, that’s likely to be a game changing moment for the party. On the ground, Sinn Fein have run a pretty canny campaign. In contrast with the 2007 general election, there is little evidence of Gerry Adams on any of their posters. In fact they’ve put out …