SF the party with mysterious money and leadership.
Policies supplied by Karl Marx.
Waged war on on us in the name of ‘The Republic’ and held back the country, both North and South by 30 years, while they waged their ‘Long War’
Join the list of failed states – vote SF

Sinn Féin have repeatedly shot themselves in the foot of late. There’s clearly a silent majority of the population who want to maintain the status quo, and that’s fine, that’s democracy. As someone said elsewhere, the comments section here obviously doesn’t reflect society at large. I can sort of understand FG doing well. New leader bounce etc. and Harris has promised things that people have wanted a while. Of course that comes with the caveat of previous unfulfilled promises.
And for those that didn’t vote, you gave up your right to complain.

The fact that green party has performed well means there’s a lot more people who moan about them but can’t be bothered to go out and vote. Remember, Green party’s base includes people who go lie down on roads during a workday – they all definitely out to vote and made a difference.

People throwing out the wild generalisations and who engaged in blanket name calling would want to look hard at themselves for voting fg FF, you don’t care about the infrastructure, ruined healthcare or us having the most costly bills in Europe. You don’t care about this country. The turnout isn’t great, but many of you went out with kids already having emigrated and allowed the same Tories to perform well in these elections. The areas of Dublin where Fianna fail is performing above expectations I read, disgusting and totally arrogant.

If I worked hard for private health insurance, to own my property, pension fund performing well, kids moved on.
Why would I care about public health, housing, education, autistic and disabled services when the people who claim to be affected by these issues never even bother to vote?

The early predictions of the Coalition Parties doing well surely shows that Ireland is in trouble for the foreseeable future.
With no real opposition , the future looks bleak.
This shower of gombeems have dine feck all right,yet their arrogance will only increase based on this electoral outcome.
The exodus of our youth will grow stronger

All to do with policy. If they had a clear policy people would want to vote for them. They’ve been flip flopping around the place, no one is going to vote for the flip flop left right center party be it fielding 1 candidate or 1000s.

Ecrowley did you see the turnout in some parts of even the densely populated pale for these local elections? Disgraceful, they enabled FF and FG to get in candidates who have no business even running let alone the Brussels gravy train. These communities are completely fed up and neglected by our Tories and so (I’m not reading it for now because it is too offensive to me) they didn’t vote and let in some too familiar creatures. I can only hope that ex rose of Tralee coward isn’t among them, for those who stayed home in the midlands which has a rising population and needs proper representation.

It’s not about how many candidates they ran, it’s on how many mistakes have been done since she took the lead. Position after position that are not reflecting what the SF grassroots are fighting for. Never the whatever plus rights, the 1 Ireland, the medical for refugees, they should have focused on the real problems and help people in need. Look after and fight for the everyday issues their base is fighting for, the position of women and have the balls to state “no” instead to do like every woke party and play safe. I let go the second she said she would do a coalition with FF … Or anyone apparently. Bring a real leader like Pearce Doherty and a will to fight for the real issues. No compromise.
But now it will get really difficult to come out of that !

SF main issue is they have a a large portion of followers who suffer from the sticky mattress or don’t like moving more than four steps from the pub if voting day is on a Friday. Low turn outs equals wins for FF and FG. Their followers vote every single time till death do them part. I’m a SF voter with my own house, little to no mortgage, not on benifits and I’d have no issue laying into a young person who moans to me about having nothing in this country. In a way they get what they deserve.

Very interesting results. No surge in support for SF but then, the results do seem to replocate 2019. In 2020 there was a surge. Will Harris go for a general election or let the government run its course. I have a feeling Harris will go for an election sooner to avoid SF getting their act together.

Having been at the center of failed government policy or the lack of it, health and housing have affected me and my family directly. I voted left and transferred left because of that. What I can’t understand is why do people not vote at all? Democracy is how we change or alter policies so why don’t people vote? Some are happy with the incumbents and that’s fine but why do people not vote? Seriously odd stuff, in my mind they have lost the right to moan about the government.

Simon Harris should call an election now It would be madness not to.While hes party has the momentum.

I would caution anyone from gloating to much ,With only 49% turnout and thr ffg faithful turning out in large numbers combined with the sf leadership adopting the same entitled hubris as ffg , insured that thier vote stayed at home .