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"I lost a stone in weight out canvassing": Candidates 2011 reflect on Twitter

Some of the general election runners, riders and fallers took time out on Sunday to give thanks or just to give out on Twitter.

SOME OF THEM were licking their wounds, some of them were high as a kite, some of them were out training under-16s in a mucky field.

This is what some of the candidates who ran, lost or won had to say on Twitter on Sunday:

"I lost a stone in weight out canvassing": Candidates 2011 reflect on Twitter

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@EamonnBlaney (Ind - New Vision)
@wallacemick (Mick Wallace - ind.)
@maryorourketd (FF)
@hughsheehy (ind.)
@Colm_Keaveney (Labour)
@SenShaneRoss (ind.)
@Paschald (Paschal Donohue - FG)
@davefordail (David D'Arcy - New Vision - ind.)
@JOBrien_SF (Jonathan O'Brien - SF)
@sendboyle (Dan Boyle - Greens)
@Sweary_Mary (Definitely NOT Mary Coughlan of FF)

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