An American sprinter on drugs running 9.93 - what’s new?
Track & Field Gazette@TrackGazette
Watch Fred Kerley 🇺🇸 run 9.93s (1.7) to win his 100m heat at the Enhanced Games. 2. Emmanuel Matadi 🇱🇷 9.95 3. Marvin Bracy 10.33
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Watch Fred Kerley 🇺🇸 run 9.93s (1.7) to win his 100m heat at the Enhanced Games.
2. Emmanuel Matadi 🇱🇷 9.95
3. Marvin Bracy 10.33
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@isobelr__ Which is obviously fine but if those policies aren’t Left in their nature, it’s fair for other Left parties to question their ability to lead and deliver a left govt and for their voters to be slow to transfer to them.
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@Toby__Don Again I am surprised to be defending them BUT
From what I gathered from their Ard Fheis they are deciding their policy from their members. Which is fair enough if it differs from other parties of the left imo.
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It’s not like me to defend the Shinners.
But I really don’t see why they have to answer to Holly Cairns.
Mary Regan@MaryERegan
Sinn Fein has to “figure out where they are going” according to Holly Cairns #galwaywest
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@WordonaStreet @John_360__ @Ireland_Votes @galwayad Conceding doesn’t change anything, they’re still going to count. Everyone knows Kyne is going to win.
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@John_360__ @Ireland_Votes @galwayad But why not wait? She we have waited 2 days now. Another hour won't kill them.
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NEW:
Having previously conceded to the @galwayad, Noel Thomas (INDIRL) has now said he has not conceded the seat.
The paper reports that INDIRL sources say they may request a recount if the final margin is small.
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Another aspect of Noel Thomas' election is that its a kick in the shins for the idea of a rising left wing coalition after their Connolly campaign
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@seandebrun2 @OMathuna89 Maybe they ought to consider changing their tone when talking about the Greens and Lab if they are serious about winning transfers from their voters.
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@OMathuna89 This election has shown that the pact exists but Sinn Féin are not in it. The left wing parties did not transfer to them at all.
Nearly 50% of all PBP transfers in Dublin went to the Soc Dems. That’s a serious worry for SF.
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Sinn Fein are a LEFT WING party.
Yet, PBP, Labour, Greens and the Social Dems did not transfer friendly to them at all in Dublin Central.
In fact Sinn Féin gained the most from HARD RIGHT WING candidates.
The party needs to dive hard back to its left wing Republican roots!
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Soc Dems are angry about it too I’m sure - they don’t stand up performatively roaring and shouting in the Dail and put people off.
The Week in Politics@rtetwip
Áine Lawlor asks Sinn Féin TD, @loreillysf, "Is angry Sinn Féin a mistake?" after Janice Boylan's loss to Daniel Ennis, in the bye-elections for Dublin-Central. You can catch the re-run of #RTÉTwip on RTÉ One at 00:20am and on the RTÉ News Channel 3pm, 18:30pm and 10pm.
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One thing is clear:- there is a want, need and a space for a new political movement in Ireland. If one came forward that was small state, fair tax and smart government, it would wipe the floor with the big three attract the smaller, indo or floating voters.
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Same for Dublin central, feeding actual first count vote. Hutch probably doesn't finish as strong, and the opposite for Horner.
Early stages of AI technology, but the fact it can even perform the simulation is still very impressive.
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This is how each candidate could finish (most at elimination) through the PRSTV counts.
I've fed Claude the final 2026 tally and the 2024 GE counts (to get a feel for transfer patterns)
⚠️ Obvious AI warnings apply ⚠️
David W. Higgins@higginsdavidw
Galway West I asked Claude to run 50,000 Monte Carlo simulations of the PR-STV counts, from the partial FPV tally. Ran each under 4 different sets of transfer assumptions. Seán Kyne TD
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@kevintoconnor It’s almost as if SF don’t want the soft left parties to ever transfer to them..
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I'm a Shinner and I'm pleased FF/FG have been decimated in Dublin Central. Kudos to the SocDems.
That said, I don't like SocDems Daniel Ennis. There's something not right with him. He smacks of Fine Gael. I can't pinpoint it but he's dodgy.
Meh. Hopefully, I'm wrong
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That is some spin to be fair to them.
FF/FG will be happy for SF to continue to present poor electoral results as positive. Approaching Comical Ali levels.
Sinn Féin@sinnfeinireland
It’s very significant that for the first time, there is no Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil TD in Dublin Central and is a real sign of the possibility for the first time of a government without them. Sinn Féin will continue to lead the opposition, to hold this government to account and to stand up everyday for workers, families and communities. We want to thank everyone who voted for Janice Boylan and Mark Lohan and everyone who worked on our campaigns.
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But it’s been going on for the duration of his leadership and nothing has been done about it. Wicklow too. FF HQ seem to have given up on those constituencies.
Harry McGee@harrymcgee
Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the Galway West count centre has acknowledged that the party did very poorly in Dublin Central. “We have a structural issue in Dublin Central that didn't start today, in fact it goes back 20 years now.”
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@CSBlenner How FF HQ have been allowed the party become so irrelevant in a couple of constituencies is shocking. Wicklow too. Almost seem to have given up on them.
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I know the soldiers ain’t what they used to, but it’s still shocking to read this. What a humiliation!
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Another example of people learning Twitter isn’t real life
Niall Boylan@Niall_Boylan
Looks like Galway voted with more common sense than Dublin. It’s quite mind blowing that the Soc Dems would get any votes never mind topping the poll. The Greens actually got a few votes in Dublin, which shows how messed up Dublin is and how it doesn’t reflect the rest of the country. The Greens are and should be history.
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@anspailpin @DSMooney FF went from 7% in GE to 4% today in DubCentral. It’s hardly a wipeout. It, along, with Wicklow is a real prob constituency for the party. We’re never going to be in the running there. Galway West was poor.
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I'm inclined to agree with what @DSMooney was saying on the radio earlier. The Shinners aren't the story. Fianna Fáil getting wiped out in both constituencies is the story. The Shinners will come second in Dublin Central and ran a lemon in Galway West. What's FF's excuse?
Mary Regan@MaryERegan
🗳️ From the Shinner Shellacking to Fianna Fáil without a prayer - what we know about the by-elections so far: independent.ie/irish-news/pol…
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