The Irish Polithick

Coleman: “The sky is blue” Clendennen: “I wouldn’t say that, now”. #TonightVMTV

Barry Heneghan received nearly 2000 transfers from Sinn Féin in the 2024 election, 1000 from Aontú and 1000 from Labour. He received 283 from Fine Gael. On what planet was voting confidence in this government a good idea?

“We voted confidence in the government, but we forgot that we need your votes again in the future, so now we’re going to distance ourselves from what we did, and hope that you gobshites fall for it”. Fixed it.

@JackKel84 @Independent_ie He said he’ll vote no confidence in the Taoiseach. Unclear yet if that means he’ll vote no confidence in the Gov. Looks likely, though.

@Independent_ie Should vote no confidence if he wants to win over his electorate

Micheal Healy-Rae to resign as junior minister after fuel blockades as TDs to vote on Government confidence motion independent.ie/irish-news/mic…

BREAKING Independent TD, Michael Healy-Rae announces that he will hand in his resignation and vote no confidence in the Government. #noconfidence

@VirginMediaNews That’s all well and good, but the Fianna Fáil backbenchers have repeatedly shown Micheál Martin that he can do whatever he wants and they’ll still crawl back to him with their tails between their legs. Tomorrow will be a perfect example. It’s pathetic.

“Whenever there is a crisis in Fianna Fáil it generally… comes back to communication” — Louise Burne, Political Correspondent, Irish Examiner, on tensions within the party #MondayGR

@GillSherratt23 @SimonHarrisTD

Well well well, I’m now on the infamous @SimonHarrisTD block list. Not on here (yet) but it appears he blocked me a while ago on TikTok 🤣

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Fianna Fáil: The party of wagging fingers, disgruntled backbenchers, and a collective spine made of jelly. #NoConfidence

NEW: Independent TDs Sean Canney, Marian Harkin, and ‘Boxer’ Moran have confirmed they will vote confidence in the Government. Barring any backbench rebels, the Government has secured the 87 votes they need to win the vote.

Ahead of tomorrow’s confidence vote IND TD Barry Heneghan said he was carefully considering his position and consulting with his team. He added that he was progressing private wires legislation to reduce wasted renewable energy and that work would stop if the Government falls.

Have the Green Party clarified their position on the upcoming #NoConfidence motion? #fuelprotest

Well, lads? @BarryHeneghan2 @kevinboxermoran @CanneyTd #fuelprotest

Sinn Féin TDs and Senators met this morning and will be moving a motion of no confidence in the government. The actions of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Independents have been disastrous. They have lost the confidence of the public. It is clear that they still are not listening and do not accept the scale of this fuel and cost of living crisis. All reports indicate it will be more of the same half measures from them this evening. This is unacceptable. We need the maximum reductions now, as proposed by Sinn Féin weeks ago.

@djtaranis @Toibin1 @PresidentIRL The president can only dissolve the Dáil on the advice of the Taoiseach. Article 13.2.

@Toibin1 This doesn't seem to apply to the Irish. You should call the @PresidentIRL to dissolve Dáil Éireann immediately! #ResignMartin

Aontú has written to the leaders of the other opposition parties calling for a joint motion of no confidence in the government.

I spent a few hours at the #fuelprotest today because I wanted to see, first hand, what the situation was like. Emergency vehicles are accommodated. Protesters are passionate and calm. People are singing, dancing and posing no threat. The government must listen.

@dvdcks47 @MrRCain2 There was actually an extensive, peer reviewed study done on the cost of unity last year, with the consensus being that it is far more affordable than once thought, and would include significant investments into public services, jobs, etc in the north.

@MrRCain2 Has anyone  put pen to paper to see the cost of unity.  NO not one person so that needs worked out. Has anyone given a date for a U.I. NO. The people will want to know what exactly they are voting for as nobody is going to go out  to vote for something they no nothing about .

Is Fine Gael’s Joe Neville going to actually allow @LNBDublin to finish a sentence or does he just enjoy the sound of his voice as much as Shane Coleman does? #TonightVMTV

@gaagrinch Of course, and anything can happen before then, so it’s odd that a journalist would make such a statement given the current lay of the land.

@IrishPolithick In trouble not presently but then none of the parties really are. No election due until 2029.

Up six points since the General Election. More than any other party in the country. 6 points ahead of Fine Gael. A whopping 8 points ahead of Fianna Fáil, but Daniel Murray from the Business Post says Sinn Féin is in trouble. Irish media, folks 😂

@BobWils91952895 Static would suggest that there’s practically no movement. The Green Party and People Before Proft are two parties that I’d describe as static. SF has risen 5 points since the election. More than any other party in the country. I wouldn’t describe that as static.

@IrishPolithick They are the main opposition party but their numbers are static at best