Email from Fianna Fail for Eoin Ryan - "An important choice"

[David Cochrane]

Just got the following email from Micheál Martin....

Dear Supporter,

Friday's election result will be critical in determining Ireland's place in Europe. Will we work with the European Union to overcome shared problems? Or will an anti-EU minority continue to work against our best interests?

Eoin Ryan is one of the most respected of all MEPs. By contrast, his opponents for the Dublin seat are anti-EU and, in one case, barely bother to show up for work at the European Parliament.

Eoin Ryan fights for Dublin's best interests even when the cameras aren't rolling. He works hard on issues that matter - like helping win €350 million in low-cost funding to protect and create jobs in the next year. And he's been working in this way for 25 years.

I need your help to get Eoin re-elected. If you are registered to vote in Dublin, make sure you support Eoin on Friday. If you have family and friends in Dublin, please take a minute to send them an e-card asking them to vote for Eoin Ryan:

Fianna Fil | A vote for Eoin Ryan is a vote for your best interests in Europe.

Dubliners don't need an anti-EU representative. They need someone who will work hard and focus on delivering real benefits for people. Not one Euro or one job will come from sending an anti-EU MEP to the European Parliament.

I understand that this is a tough election. We're in a global recession and that's having a huge impact on us all. The mood is anti-politics right now and many people are tempted by a protest vote. But what's the point of a protest vote if it's running exactly opposite to your interests?

I am asking you to do everything you can to get people out to vote for Eoin on Friday. Tell everyone you know in Dublin to vote for Ireland's best interests - vote for Eoin Ryan:

Fianna Fil | A vote for Eoin Ryan is a vote for your best interests in Europe.

Thanks for everything you do for the party.

Micheál Martin T.D.
Minister for Foreign Affairs

[malahide mullet]

I've sent it on to loads of people

Rather good I think

[locke]

It's a dangerous tactic.

There's enough of an anti-EU vote in Dublin and if they end up consolidating it around one candidate Ryan is doomed.

Judging by the wording, de Rossa and Mitchell aren't even considered opponents.

[White Horse]

If elected Gay Mitchell and Proinsias De Rossa will be members of the two largest parties in the Eurpoean parliament. They will be more than able to represent business interests in Dublin.

A third pro-EU candidate is superfluous, particularly if he is from a small fringe European party.

What is more important is to pile on pressure to institute regime change in Ireland and remove this rotten government.

My advise to FG and Labour voters to vote for Mitchell or DeRossa and to give your preferences to whichever other anti-government candidate best represents your views.

[stalins granny]

so eibhlin byrne has been jettisoned , no surprise there she has been a spare wheel in this campaign which once the realisation of how much fianna fail are now detested in dublin sunk in became all about saving ryans privates.

[An Gilladaker]

Eoin Ryan is one of the most respected of all MEPs.


WOW what a claim

[blacbloc]

David Cochrane pitching for Fianna Fail. Again!

[flavirostris]

The mailshot from Martin is so disingenuous ( surprise, surprise ).
This message here is not about Ireland's place in Europe at all, its about saving the beleaguered Fianna Fáil party from further damage.

[Christine Murray]

"The mood is anti-politics right now" . l imagine that that statement is misjudged.

[Digout]

but what's the point of a protest vote if it's running exactly opposite to your interests?

wtf ?