Prediction from an exile;Originally Posted by Shannon
F.F. 2..Ellis and O'Rourke.
F.G. 2..Brennan and Hughes.
S.f...1..Kenny.
The retirement of JimJoe Shortt is a big loss to his area (Cloone, Drumreilly,Aughavas etc.) but with his imprimatur Caillin Ellis will garner these votes with local connections via the Senators wife (Donnelly). Similarly room can be made to
accommodate O'Rourke in this re-alignment to ensure 2 seats.
McCartin Jnr. is singularly unimpressive and will come up short.
An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as two peas in the same pod.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
No news in the Dromahair area so. Same people there for next five years as had. It feels like a treadmill.
What were major changes elsewhere in Leitrim, if there were?
I think that it is an absolute disgrace that a man like Pat Munday can get nearly 500 votes and never done a tap of work around Manorhamilton!!! The people who voted for him should hang their heads in shame! Now the town has no representative at all! It was the country areas that put Colreavy in and McSharry toped the poles in Manorhamilton so it is clear that the people of Manorhamilton wanted McSharry and not Colreavy but the fools who voted for with the party(FF) and not for the candidate have done them selves out of a voice on the council.
In the Ballinamore Area we have remained much the same except for the election of John McCartin and not Damien Brennan, where to from here? John McCartin seems to have set his goals higher than a Council seat, will he run for the Dail if a general election is called? He will do very well if he does, Martin Kenny was not a very strong candidate the last time round and Leitrim lost a TD due to his running. Fianna Fail may have lost votes in this area, however they polled extremely well even in the present situation, O'Rourke topping the pole and Ellis not far behind, Fine Gael too done well but it would have to be said that it is a sad day for the Brennan family, 30 years is a long time. Sinn Fein however did not do so well, the previous poll topper losing a large number of votes, they will say this is down to running second candidate Maureen Martin but neither candidate brought a personal vote with them, more than likely Kenny will run for Dail again as he believes he is a great candidate despite what the electorate think about him, Maureen Martin will more than likely be co opted on to his seat.
Shannon I dont know where your getting your analysis from, I've been looking at the precentage from 2004 and comparing it to 2009, Fine Gael have gone from 39.27% in 2004 to 44.2% this time, thats an increase of 4.93%, Fianna Fail have gon from 43.02% in 2004 to 34.1% this time, thats a decrease of 8.92%, Sinn Fein have gone from 17.71% in 2004 to 21.6% this time, an increase of 3.89%, so how you can say that Sinn Fein did not do so well is beyond me, Martin Kenny gave a large chunk of the area to Maureen Martin and they both did very well, Fine Gael are the big winners in the area, I do however agree that it is very sad for Damien Brennan, he was a good counciller and will be missed, as for Fianna Fail, if O'Rourke and Ellis didnt do well there would be something terribly wrong as they had Jim Joe Shortts votes when he didnt run.
As far as your comments on Martin Kenny loosing Leitrim a TD I would like to remind you that it was Fianna Fails recommendation to the Constituency Commission that changed us from Sligo/Leitrim to Roscommon/South Letirim and John Ellis voted for the change in the Dail and refused to go against the party, we live in a democracy and anyone who wants to has the right to put themselves before the people, the reason that Leitrim has no TD has more to John Ellis and Fianna Fail than it has with Martin Kenny.
Colreavy has been a great representative for the town for the last 10 years and will continue to be for the next five. Saying that the town has no representative is simply wrong.
People have a right to vote for who they wish and if McSharry was not able to get the vote he needed out of the rest of the constituncy that is his fault, it is not the fault of Pat Munday or Michael Colreavy and it is certainly not the fault of the electorate.
Perhaps. You seem to misunderstand what I am saying SuzyQ, Despite the fact that Jim Joe Shortt retired, Fianna Fail done very well, the country is in a state of depression yet FF run to candidates in Ballinamore area and elect 2. Had John McCartin cooperated with the other 2 FG candidates, FG would more than likely have 3 seats leaving SF with 0. It was very risky business on behalf on SF running 2 candidates and putting Maureen Martin forward, should she not have run on the Ind ticket, Ballinamore town would have more hope of gaining the school if she had. Yes the splitting of Leitrm was down to Fianna Fail but had John Ellis been the only candidate from Leitrim in the last General Election we would have a TD. Cllr Kenny has done very little since and personally I feel he will have to put a huge effort into Ballinamore area before he can even dream of running in General Election. Cllr O'Rourke works hard in his position as I believe John McCartin will. Cllr Ellis is not as popular and perhaps a little naive.
Ah now I see what your saying, Fianna Fail went from having enough votes to elect 3 councillors last time to electing 2 this time, that was well done indeed!
Although John Ellis and Fianna Fail split Leitrim if it weren't for the cheek of Sinn Fein choosing to run Martin Kenny at convention Leitrim would have a TD so its Sinn Feins fault for running a candidate and not Fianna Fails for splitting Leitrim!
It is also not Fianna Fails fault that Ballinamore has no school after being promised one for 15 years, its now Sinn Feins because they choose to run Maureen Martin!
Fianna Fail are great surely Shannon, you've won me over there
Unlikely scenario there Shannon. Ellis received about 1,300 of Kenny's preferences and the rest scattered (mainly to Feighan and Naughten ) This was due to good campaigning by FG in the county and you cannot begrudge Kenny the right to put himself before the electorate.
If I can find the results I'll post them up later.
An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as two peas in the same pod.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
I dont agree manor has no rep, Colreavy is good or was good when once i knew him.
Im disappointed for Mc Sharry,will this be the end of his endevours to gain political status ?
Finally the people of Manor release themselves from the political shakles of FF.
Fg must be delighted with 3 seats and control of leitrim co co.
Has anyone the tallies of all boxes in manor.
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