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General Election 2024 Live General Election 2024: ‘A total wipe out for the Green Party is now well and truly on the cards’ - Daniel Murray
However, all three of those seats now look in trouble, with the rest of the party's TDs almost certainly on the way out too. In short, a total wipe out for the Green Party is now well and truly on the cards. Speaking on RTE Radio he said that “when people are in a dark place they’ll search for very strange options and that’s what happened here. That’s a plague on all of our houses, it’s a reflection of politics as a whole.
13.05 - Roderic O'Gorman - 'A dissapointing result' for the Greens The Greens leader Roderic O'Gorman has said that today's results so far have"undoubtedly" been a disappointment, but said that the party has a proud legacy to look back on. Speaking to RTÉ Radio 1, the Cork South West TD said that the party wouldn't"sit on the fence on this one" and that it is"making its mark".
Meanwhile, Cormac Devlin of Fianna Fáil is on 15.8 per cent and Richard Boyd Barrett is on 12.3 per cent but would be expected to do well from possible Sinn Féin transfers. 12.30 - Former Sinn Féin TD Patricia Ryan polling less than 1 per cent in Kildare South According to the Irish Times, former Sinn Féin TD, Patricia Ryan, appears to be in trouble.It's very early doors, but former Sinn Féin TD Patricia Ryan looks to be in serious trouble. With 18pc of boxes tallied, Ryan is polling at less that 1pc.— Fiachra Gallagher November 30, 2024 12.
But as votes were counted on Saturday, it was becoming increasingly clear that none of that trio will be able to form a government without a little help from friends in a smaller party .12.15 -Independent Ireland leader Michael Collins and Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns polling well in Cork The tallying of votes is well under way in the Cork South West constituency.
— Jade Wilson November 30, 2024 12.05 - Fine Gael is ‘safe’ in Dublin Rathdown Catherine Martin polling in 6th in place in the 4-seat Dublin Rathdown with a full tally complete. FG pair of Neale Richmond and Maeve O'Connell both safe, as is Shay Brennan ; Ind Michael Fleming leads Sinead Gibney and Martin but only 180 votes between those three
11.55 - How different age groups voted in this election, according to exit poll Younger voters call for change, according to statistics from Ireland Votes.II: 1%— Ireland Votes November 29, 2024 EXIT POLL: 65+ Age GroupVia @IpsosBandA, @rtenews, @TG4TV, @tcddublin, @IrishTimes #GE24 #Ireland #Poll Concerningly for the Greens, sitting TD Patrick Costello is sitting dead last with just 3 per cent of the vote
Meanwhile, Clare Daly of Independents 4 Change looks like her general election bid is over already, polling at just 4 per cent of first preference votes on this final tally.Reports Policy Editor, Daniel Murray, live from the RDS. Concerningly for the Greens, sitting TD Patrick Costello is sitting dead last with just 3 per cent of the vote.
Sinn Féin' s Thomas Gould is on 15.23 per cent, but Fianna Fáil's Padraig O’Sullivan and Tony Fitzgerald are both polling well, on 11.42 per cent and 7.86 per cent respectively. The party has taken 51 per of the vote so far, with Padraig McLochlainn leading the way with 4020. His compatriot Pearse Doherty is third with 1898, split by Fianna Fáil's Charlie McConalogue with 2396.
Speaking at the Nemo Rangers count centre in Cork, the former Cork South Central TD said:"I think we've been fortunate in Ireland in recent times that governments have lasted four to five years. And that is unusual, in a European context. John Connolly and Gráinne Seoige have been put forward by Fianna Fáil, with the latter getting a lot of backing from the party’s head office on Mount Street.
11.00 - Sinn Féin leads the pack in Dublin Bay South Reporting live from the RDS, Political Correspondent, Cónal Thomas, says; She is followed by Fine Gael’s Paschal Donohoe at 13 per cent. Independent Gerard Hutch and Social Democrats Gary Gannon are both at 12 per cent. O’Dea is followed by Fine Gael's Kieran O'Donnell on 14 per cent and Maurice Quinlivan of Sinn Féin on 12 per cent - all are outgoing TDs.
— carlobrien November 30, 2024 10.20 - Fourth and fifth seats will be a “fight” between FF and FG in Louth According to Newstalk, Sinn Fein is performing well in Louth.Independent candidate, Kevin Callan, is doing well, as is Labour’s Ged Nash.The Louth constituency was in the spotlight during the campaign with controversy around the Fine Gael candidate John McGahon.
Meanwhile, for former minister for justice, Alan Shatter, the numbers “don’t seem to be materialising”, said Simon Tierney, reporting for Newstalk. Electoral law dictates that ballot papers must show candidates in alphabetical order; however, voters were handed a paper that put Sinn Féin’s Maurice Quinlivan and The Irish People party’s Dean Quinn incorrectly ahead of Fianna Fáil's Willie O’Dea, the Soc Dem’s Elisa O’Donovan and Fine Gael’s Kieran O'Donnell.“It’s absolutely unacceptable and I will be demanding to know on Monday who was it drew up the ballot layout and how this happened,” he said.
— Kevin Humphreys November 30, 2024 Dublin Bay South Geoghegan to top the pole, no two seats for FG #GE24 — Killian Woods November 30, 2024 09.11 Day timings Full tallies are expected by about lunchtime today. They will give us our first true sense of how things are panning out. First counts will then follow, likely by evening time. It could be a long day - and weekend - so stick with us all the way.
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