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SINN FÉIN’S OUTGOING TD for Dublin Bay South Chris Andrews has lost his seat in a shock result.
Andrews was eliminated on the 12th count, with the final seat in the affluent four-seater going to Social Democrats’ councillor Eoin Hayes.
Andrews, who is his party’s spokesperson for Sport, had been a TD for the area since 2020.
Social Democrats’ Eoin Hayes takes the final seat in Dublin Bay South - ousting incumbent Sinn Féin TD Chris Andrews. He tells reporters that he believes people are not interacting with the government, and feels his party represent the change that’s needed. @thejournal_ie pic.twitter.com/tEzwlDZ8Gy
— Muiris Ó Cearbhaill (@muirisoc) December 1, 2024
He was previously a TD for Fianna Fáil from 2007-2011 before leaving the party after controversial social media posts. Before this he was a longstanding member of Dublin City Council, serving in three periods between 1999 and 2020.
The loss of Andrews’ seat will come as a knock to Sinn Féin, who would have considered his seat a safe one.
He is the only incumbent in the constituency not to retain his seat, with Labour leader Ivana Bacik and Fianna Fáil’s Jim O’Callaghan both retaining theirs.
Fine Gael’s James Geoghegan, who is currently a councillor and Lord Mayor of Dublin topped the poll in the constituency but failed to bring in his running mate councillor Emma Blain.
Haye’s election will be a coup for the Social Democrats who have so far returned 6 TDs in this election, with a number of seats still outstanding.
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No loss.
@honey badger: to who?
@Joe Beirne: Us.
@honey badger: Your opinion. Not shared by everone.
@Anthony Curran: Shared by enough of his constituents to get him a p45, Anthony. ;)
@Joe Beirne:
The Irish
@Anthony Curran: obviously shared by the majority of his constituency.
@Ger Whelan: Ger, can you name me one new TD that was voted in by the majority of his / her constituents?
Maybe the fact that their military wing murdered gardai, innocent children such as Jonathan Ball and Tim Parry, at least one member of the Irish army, abused children, disappeared numerous men and women, is the reason for some sinn fein losses.
@Eamon: Wait till I tell ye about Fianna Fáil mass murderer Dan Breen and Fine Gael hero Michael Collins. It’ll blow yer little mind Eamon!
@Anthony Curran: you Eoin O’ Duffy as Collins was never a member of FG
@Eamon:
And murdered members of the Army which his father was once Minster of Defence for.
A salary from it paid for his privileged upbringing and eduication.
@Anthony Curran:
When you say “Fine Gael hero Michael Collins”
Would that be the same that is Michael Collins hero of the Irish People?
@Nigel Hayden: I didn’t say he was. I said he’s a hero to FG. A man who makes Martin McGuinness look like Mother Teresa. Eoin O’Duffy? Wonder why the Blueshirts try to rub him out of their wonderful history?
@H Woo: Was Collins considered a terrorist by the people of the time in the ruling classes?
@Anthony Curran: sorry for your trouble
@Eamon
Precise & so true
@Anthony Curran: the difference is the Provos largely targeted their own people, mostly civilians.
@Joe Beirne:
Some yes.
@Anthony Curran:
Sean Russell Chef of Staff of the IRA and Nazi Collaborater revered by Sinn Fein each year.
Eoin O’Duffy also Chef of Staff of the IRA.
@Dermot Blaine: No they didn’t.
@Anthony Curran: they actually did, go check the stats.
That’s what happens when you represent the SF pedo party.
Another Stephen Donnelly, will probably go Independent next.
He’ll probably join another party in the hope of getting his snout back in the trough?
The soc dems got extra advertisement on election day thanks to Holly cairns having he baby . It was announced every hour on the news that day. And it worked
@P. V. Aglue: And to what harm?
@P. V. Aglue: if you think that was the only reason, you haven’t been paying attention. Of course it was on the news, it even made international news: a party leader having a baby on election day is a great human interest story.
@Dermot Blaine: if you think it was the only reason their vote was up, I mean
Chris Andrews is a filthy antisemite who supports Hamas and loves Adolf Hitler, even going as far saying that “he wasn’t too far wrong.” The only place that he deserves to be is in a holding cell in Guantanamo Bay. I’m very glad to see that he lost his seat. Hopefully his pager explodes soon.
@Frank O’Hara: Frank O’Hara is a skanky Zionist shill who thinks Betty Goldberg from Cincinnati has more right to a house in Palestine than the Palestinian family who’ve lived in it for generations. Free Palestine. F… the Zionazis.
@Anthony Curran: Boo-hoo Anthony, save me your faux outrage. There’s no such thing as a “Palestinian.” They’re a made-up group of people that were created in 1964 in order to expand their hegemony in the Middle East. Jewish people have lived in the Holy Land for over 3,500 years. Yeah, I’m a proud Zionist, kiss my ass. I support Israel’s right to defend itself with the maximum possible force against Islamist savages like Hamas and Hezbollah. The top 15 “Palestinian” surnames are of Jordanian and Egyptian origin. They are squatting on Jewish land that isn’t there and they need to go back to their own countries of Jordan and Egypt. Judea and Samaria (West Bank) is rightfully Israeli land and I applaud that settlements that they are successfully building. Gaza is also rightfully theirs.
@Anthony Curran: Also, let me educate you on some more history buddy. That “Palestinian” family stole that house from an Israeli family when the Jordanian army ethnically cleansed every single Jewish person from Judea and Samaria (West Bank) in 1948. Every single Jewish neighbourhood in Hebron, Nablus, Gush Etzion and Nablus were cleared out and were stolen. Now, that “Palestinian” family is getting their just desserts after Israel took back the land from the Jordanian army in 1967 after they tried to invade again with the other five Arab armies in the hope of destroying Israel. These are Israeli families which had been living there for centuries and had the title deeds and historical documents to prove it.
Not a party of government for present times. A more humble leader and one that is not delusional is needed now.
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