Bookie says money going on FG, Labour
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011Link to Original ArticlePrint Email Election betting is in full swing already and bookmakers Paddy Power are laying long odds on Fine Gael favourites in both Meath constituencies. Outgoing TD Shane McEntee is 1/28 to hold his seat in Meath East while at 1/20, his party colleague, Damien English, looks likely to retain his Meath [...]
Election snapshot: Leinster lineout
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011Link to Original ArticleLOUTH Justice Minister Dermot Ahern’s retirement and Ceann Comhairle Seamus Kirk’s automatic election leaves FF with a new line-up of James Carroll and Declan Breathnach presumably fighting for one seat. FG’s Fergus O’Dowd awaits the identity of his running mate — potentially Louth county football manager Peter Fitzpatrick. Labour’s Ged Nash is [...]
Keogan abandons FF to run while FG dithers on adding Butler
Monday, January 31st, 2011Link to Original ArticleComments (0) Print Email Sharon Keogan, who has resigned from Fianna Fail to run as an independent in Meath East. Duleek woman Sharon Keogan, who failed to receive a nomination to run for Fianna Fail in the general election in Meath East, has announced that she is resigning the party and running [...]
Dail needs injection of young blood now more than ever
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011Fionnan Sheahan Independent.ie WHEN the meltdown struck Fine Gael in 2002, the only bright spot for the party was the election of three young TDs. Call it a coincidence, but all three were based in Leinster. Paul Kehoe in Wexford, Olwyn Enright in Laois-Offaly, and Damien English in Meath came through the electoral massacre on [...]
