The news broke this morning of the death of North Side Cllr David McCarthy. He was suffering from cancer and died this morning. He was first elected in 1985. In 1997 he held the office of Lord Mayor of Cork. In 1999 he topped the poll for Fianna Fail with 933 votes and in 2004 he increased his vote to 1,112 votes. In 2007 his stood as an independent candidate in the Dáil election gaining a respectable 2,492 votes....
So today we saw the first poll since the general election published in the Sunday Business Post. It was conducted by Red C. All figures are on difference since the election. The topline figures are: Fine Gael 39% (+3) Labour 18% (-1) Fianna Fail 16% (-1) Sinn Fein 11% (+1) Others 16% An interesting poll. Maybe people are regretting not voting for a majority Fine Gael government? That or is the sign that Red C over estimate Fine Gael support by...
So that last week of the flew by and before I knew it I was voting an tallying the results! I had a very long weekend awaiting results, but for a change in a national election, the results had me and others shocked. We knew Fine Gael were going to do well, but we didnt think we were going to do *this* well. It was amazing to see Fine Gael Candidates who I had met over the years topping the poll...
The last few Thursdays I have been interviewed for a Radio show. This is this mornings interview where they made me make a prediction on the election. I made the following prediction: Fine Gael 79 Labour 35 Fianna Fail 22 Sinn Fein 16 Greens 0 Independents 15 Whats your prediction? I will be responding to the election on the show on Monday. Tune in around 9:30am thurs 24 feb show stephen spillane Related articles Election 2011: End of Showtime...
A bit late in reporting on this poll but I was working and canvassing! So to the topline figures: Fianna Fail 15% (-1) Fine Gael 40% (+1) Labour 18% (+1) Green Party 3% (+1) Sinn Fein 10% (-1) Others 14% (-1) Some minor changes from Sundays poll, but it is still quite interesting. Fine Gael are still holding their ground and the Greens have moved back up to the top of the margin of error range! Fianna Fail, Sinn...
The second last poll of the campaign will be in the Irish Indepdent by Milward Brown. The topline figures are as follows: Fianna Fail 14% (-2) Fine Gael 38% (+1) Labour 20% (nc) Green Party 1% (nc) Sinn Fein 11% (-1) Others 16% (+2) An interesting poll. Shows that Fine Gael are holding strong. Labour have managed to halt their slide, while Fianna Fail have lost some of the support they had regained. It will be interesting to see...
I have a feeling we will have a few polls this week as in we enter the last lap and the Irish Times have an Ipsos MRBI poll in tomorrows paper. The topline figures are: Fianna Fail 16% (+1) Fine Gael 37% (+4) Labour 19% (-5) Greens 2% (+1) Sinn Fein 11% (-1) Others 15 (nc) This poll confirms the results of the polls in Sunday’s papers. Labour seem to have made a massive mistake in their camapign and...
Two polls today! Its like christmas! Sunday Business Post/Red C Poll Its five days to polling day and the Sunday Business Post have their last opinion poll of the campaign. The headline figures are as follows: Fianna Fail 16% (+1) Fine Gael 39% (+1) Labour 17% (-3) Greens 2% (-1) Sinn Fein 12% (+2) Independents 14% (NC) This poll shows some recovery for Fianna Fail and another advance for Fine Gael who are really approaching 40% and possible overall majority. This...
There is a poll in todays Irish Daily Star (details from Journal.ie) by OI research. It is a telephone survey of a 1,000 voters on Sunday and Monday. The topline figures are as follows: Fine Gael 39 Labour 18 Fianna Fáil 17 Sinn Fein 10 Green Party 2 Independents/others 14 It is interesting to compare it to yesterdays poll in the independent which it dosent differ too differently from. Seats would be along the lines of Fianna Fail 31...
Another week and another poll. Tomorrow sees a poll in the Irish Independent my Milward Brown. It has topline figures as follows: Fine Gael 38 (+8) Fianna Fail 12 (-4) Labour 23 (-1) Sinn Fein 10 (-3) Greens 1 Others 16 (-1) This further cements the lead taken by Fine Gael in the polls. It is also further bad news for Fianna Fail who are really beginning to hit rock bottom. Well they hope they are! The greens have really become...
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