The Fianna Fáil TD survivor list of the 31st Dail

[athenrycastle]

It won't necessarily be about Keaveny's ability or otherwise as a candidate;
During the Spring tide of 1992 some Labour candidates with virtually no profie got elected,simply because a large number of people had decided they were going to vote Labour,regardless of who the candidate was.

Maybe elsewhere but not in uber conservative Galway East. The "Spring Tide" in 1992 did not manage to carry Pat Hynes over the line......then again it would have to be some tide

[Marlowe]

Maybe elsewhere but not in uber conservative Galway East. The "Spring Tide" in 1992 did not manage to carry Pat Hynes over the line......then again it would have to be some tide

The thing is,Athenrycastle,if the FF vote plunges,I dont see how they will escape unscathed in Gaway East.Even in the last election,when the FF vote nationally was almost exactly the same as 2002,their vote declined substantially in Galway East.

[locke]

add Ned O Keefe Cork East ,and Christy OSullivan ,Cork South West to the list of survivors.

Any reason why you went for O'Keeffe over Ahern

On past performance, they seem well matched and with the increasing population in the Midleton area, Ahern now has a larger pool of potential voters. I suppose O'Keeffe can present himself as having rebelled against his party though and he does strike me as more of the kind to shaft his running mate...

On the last opinion poll, FF would be 50-50 for taking a single seat in Cork South-West, so I'm not sure O'Sullivan is that safe. Plus, the carry-on of his son on the county council can't have done him any favours (I doubt the drink-driving will matter a damn though).

[The Red Rose of Cork]

Why not a Labour gain from FF?

I genuinely don't understand.

Labour will only run 1 in S-C