Natural justice should presume that the voter was trying to cast a vote, not that the voter was trying to spoil their vote
Patrick Quinlan of the National Party has just taken a first seat for the party in Blanchardstown, in a recount which saw People Before Profit also gain. It reminded MATT TREACY of the detente that breaks out among political rivals a the count centre
It is difficult – but by no means impossible – to see such a scenario unfolding.
A general election is coming in short order.
Irish politics will continue to be much more left wing than it should be, based on how people actually vote.
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Sinn Fein will spin a disastrous result as good news.
In an election like this, it may take days for the full results to be known.
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For the rest of us, and indeed for people genuinely sympathetic to Mr. Burke, the very worst thing we can or should do is indulge this self-destructive behaviour.
Up until relatively recently, a politician in Ireland could watch the 6 and 9 news on RTE and get a broadly reliable sense of the news the country was seeing, and how, therefore, to calibrate their message.