European and Local elections thread.

[SoundMan]

I dont remember him running previously, I know he was Chairman of young FG

I hadn't remembered it either until a FF guy here at work said he'd run when he was recently graduated from college and got a miserable number of votes at the time.

Upwardly mobile guy joins young FG shocka!

 

[Crankycorner]

Absolutely. Some give to the local GAA because that's closer to their heart than say the local soccer team, or meals-on-wheels, or whatever. You're obviously delighted that TT and OM give the max contribution to Mayfield(?) GAA each year and good on them. But it's not to say that the other concillors of whatever party don't similarly donate to good causes that might be closer to someone else's heart. That's football.

Dillons.

 

[SoundMan]

if soundy is afraid of him he must be a good man so and i agree with Jimmym i dont think he ran before.

Afraid of him?



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[SoundMan]

Dillons.

The Hole In The Wall gang

Some great people up there.

 

[DeepThroat]

UCC Student of the Year as well. That's fairly impressive.

There was no such award back in the 80s.

He wasn't top of his class (there was 30 odd 1Hs in his class and he was one of them).

He is however a very capable and personable character, whose success in business would make him a very effective politician.

His background is the same as Tommy G (Council estate in Knocka), and they would have been in the same year in the Mon ( Johnny was in the AG but that was decided on the entrance exam )

He certainly never had a chip on his shoulder about being from the northside (unlike Mr Gould who claims that UCC by its location discriminates against Northsiders )

Which one would serve your area better?

 

[SoundMan]

There was no such award back in the 80s.
He wasn't top of his class (there was 30 odd 1Hs in his class and he was one of them).

He is however a very capable and personable character, whose success in business would make him a very effective politician.
His background is the same as Tommy G (Council estate in Knocka), and they would have been in the same year in the Mon ( Johnny was in the AG but that was decided on the entrance exam )

He certainly never had a chip on his shoulder about being from the northside (unlike Mr Gould who claims that UCC by its location discriminates against Northsiders )
Which one would serve your area better?

Really?
When did TG say that - UCC has been based on the Southside since its inception, though it does have some ancillary departments quite a distance from the main campus. There's even a small bit of UCC on the North Mall, and old St Vincents, but given that RTC/CIT/MTU is also sited on the soutside as well I think there was an acknowledgement that there should be efforts to site more of the peripheral campus on the northside. Good Shephard Convent was earmarked for just such a phase I think. But like with the Polefield political promises aren't worth the paper they're not written on.
The ill-fated proposed CUBS was supposed to go ahead ...yup south of the river again. But that's academic (pardon the pun) now as it's likely to be a victim of "Project Alpha" and never see the light of day. It was seen as a vanity project anyway.

As for who'd serve your area better - TG would be much more in tune with the issues on the ground in Knocka and indeed much of the northside than would Mullins imho. As for who'd have their hands on the levers of power to actually get something done once they found out about it, probably Mullins.

 

[DeepThroat]

Really?
When did TG say that -

T Gould 2022 ( At a time when students were commuting from Skibbereen, Charleville, Mitchelstown & Youghal, it also shows he couldn't read a bus timetable as all the buses that go past UCC originate on the Northside)

Cork colleges 'must open' campuses on northside of city to encourage education for all

The Cork TD said he has met with UCC and reached out to MTU to discuss the matter further

www.echolive.ie

Edit: Before I get shouted down. the 220 bus from Carrigaline hadn't been extended to Ballincollig when I was a student. ( All southsiders would have walked from the city centre back in the day )

 

[Blue Jasmin]

What TG and Mullins have in common is that they're both heavyweight contenders.

 

[jeepers]

The young Greens grassing him, a first time independant candidate.

What a bunch of low energy losers.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1789731069991743888

Hoist by his own petard. You think people who commit crimes shouldn't be reported? Or just some crimes?

 

[jeepers]

Lol yeah lock him up and throw away the key


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I don't think that all crimes result in custodial sentences, Dan. Matty might be able to help clear this one up for you, if you ask her.