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Irish opposition party now has record support

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RICHARD ROBERTS
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IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Saturday, November 21, 2009, 2:30 PM
Updated Saturday, November 21, 2009, 3:00 PM

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Thirty-six percent of Irish people now favor Fine Gael
Thirty-six percent of Irish people now favor Fine Gael

Opposition party Fine Gael has reached its highest support level ever as the government in Ireland continues to be very unpopular.

Fine Gael support is now at 36 percent, 13 points ahead of the government party Fianna Fail who have slumped to 23 percent. The government coalition party, the Greens are at 5 percent, making the total government support at just 28 percent with a very tough budget to come.

The Labor Party is at 17 percent and Sinn Fein at 10 percent making the combined opposition support at 53 percent not counting independents who come in at nine percent support.

The poll is in the Sunday's Business Post newspaper and it also shows that 75 percent support tax levies on the richest in Irish society rather than cutting child benefits, pensions and health spending.

The government will present their toughest ever budget in two weeks in an attempt to get the public finances back in order but the aftermath of the tough budget is almost certain to result in a further drop in their standings. 

Forty-four percent believe the government not cut health and education spending, while 48 percent are against cuts in child benefit and pensions.

The Red C conducted the poll on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, among 1,000 voters nationwide.

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Posted by plasticpaddy on Nov 29, 2009, 11:05 PM EST
exactly
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Posted by PaddyDeMucker on Nov 24, 2009, 06:22 PM EST
A majority of economists credit Alan Dukes 'Tallaght Strategy' with laying the foundation for the recovery of the Irish economy in the nineties. Bertie was quick to take credit for the 'Celtic Tiger' (now refered to as 'Bertie's pantomine') but if one examines the reality, Bertie was handed an economy in 1997 that was in pretty good shape. In 1993 Irish economic growth was a paltry 2.7%. John Bruton became Taoiseach in 1994 and was in power for three years during which the Irish economy grew at an average rate of 8.7%, peaking in 1997 at (I believe) 9.5%. There is a lot of talent in contemporary Fine Gael, on both the front and back benches. Unfortunately there wont be enough cabinet positions to utilise the talent available. Richard Bruton is an Oxford educated economist with a far better grasp on Ireland's situation than the present or former finance minister. I see considerable promise in such people as James Reilly, Kieran O'Donnell, Leo Varadkar, George Lee to name a few. Who would plasticpaddy prefer to see in government? The former terrorist sympathisers in Sinn Fein perhaps...Martin Ferris might make a great Minister for Justice, given his insider knowledge of the system.
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Posted by plasticpaddy on Nov 24, 2009, 04:05 PM EST
Oh my god, you have to be joking, the party who has never done anything in power other than maintain the status quo and do nothing productive whatsoever. throughout hits history is has opposed FF only for the sake of opposing,. they are the same party with the same ideals and same lack of innovation and charisma. All you are supporting here Paddy is the continuation of the same economic policies, the same lack of real social reform, the same lack of compassion for the irish working class, a horrible attitude towards the powers that be in the north, with idiots like Simon Coveney still railing against Sinn Fein when his rants have been proven to be horribly factually incorrect on many occasions. Seriously FG would just be another disaster for Ireland, and more of the same.
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Posted by PaddyDeMucker on Nov 23, 2009, 05:59 PM EST
Fine Gael have a few bright stars in their midst, especially in the fields of economics and enterprise. They haven't been in government for twelve years. There is no way they could be as bad as the present collection of BIFFO, Mary 'Palin' Coughlan, Mary Harney, Mary Hanafin, Mary O'Rourke (there's something about Mary), Martin Cullen (shur god help us), Michael Martin, Willie 'slugger' O'Dea, Conor 'kebab man' Lenihan etc. etc. The Irish electorate have in the past proven themselves not to be the sharpest knives in the drawer when it comes to voting. Fine Gael may be better off waiting for an election, to let the extent of the 'madra's liathroidis' Fianna Fail have made of things really sink in. There will of course be the hardcore gobdaws who will stay loyal to 'de party' and blame 'de mess' on dem fellas at Laymans. When Fine Gael do form the next government, I hope they do so with a convincing majority, receiving a clear mandate to sort out the mess created by BBertie, the clowns mentioned above, their banker and developer Galway Tint brigade freinds etc.
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Posted by plasticpaddy on Nov 21, 2009, 02:58 PM EST
Please not the other Fianna Fail


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