Elezioni generali irlandesi 2007

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=Donegal=
00domenica 15 aprile 2007 16:48
Apro una nuova discussione sulle ormai imminenti elezioni, la cui data precisa però è ancora da stabilire.


Fonte: Irish Independent

Election date still a mystery

CATHY MADDEN and DANIEL McCONNELL

AN Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has kept us all guessing about when the general election will be held.

Despite going on the campaign trail with his personal canvass in Drumcondra this weekend, his options on naming a date may be fewer than he thinks due to the unavailability of one of the main count centres at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS).

The main hall in the RDS where the count for at least central Dublin constituencies is usually held, is booked out for most of May. Only dates between May 11 and 13 and from May 23 until the end of the month are free.

As Mr Ahern has already stated his preference for polling day to be held on a Thursday, that only leaves him two weekends in May to chose from. One alternative is, of course, that he calls the election for June, during which availability in the RDS is good barring the likes of two nights of George Michael on June 6 and 7.

However, he is unlikely to go late into June because of clashing with the Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations.

The other alternative is that the Dublin City sheriff, who is the returning officer for the city, goes in search of another count venue such as the Point Theatre. Other returning officers across the country, however, are unlikely to be under as much duress to secure a venue for their constituency counts.

A number of sheriffs from around the country have expressed their annoyance with the lack of clarity on the issue saying every day adds to the difficulty of getting the job done. One Munster sheriffsaid: "I know it's his prerogative to name the date, but there are practical implications for those of us running the election. The nonsense has gone on enough now, I think it's time for him to call it."

Once President Mary McAleese dissolves the Dail on the Taoiseach's advice, the general election must be held within 30 days. The Dail clerk then issues a writ to the returning officers in each of the 43 constituencies to hold an election.
=Donegal=
00giovedì 24 maggio 2007 23:56
E siamo arrivati al giorno delle elezioni...
Le urne si sono appena chiuse, aumenta la percentuale dei votanti.

Fonte: RTE


Election 2007: High turnout reported

Polls have closed in the General Election with the final hours of polling seeing a surge in voter turnout.

Despite rain in the west, weather conditions were much better than polling day five years ago and the final turnout is thought to have exceeded the 2002 level of 63% in several constituencies.

In 2002, the constituency which recorded the highest turnout in the country was Cork North-West with 73.36%. There are early indications that this percentage was bettered in the constituency this year.

More than three million people were voting for candidates to the 30th Dáil, in one of the tightest General Election contests in history.

Voting was said to be steady in Dublin and the capital's commuter counties, though polling stations were busy as many cast their votes on their way to work this morning.

The results of the RTÉ/Lansdowne Market Research Exit Poll, to be broadcast on Morning Ireland at 7am, should give a good indication of the first preference votes for the various parties.

Counting begins at 9am and the first results should be known by early afternoon.

Leaders cast their votes

Party leaders posed for photographers as they cast their ballots this morning.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern cast his vote shortly after 11am at a school on Richmond Road in Drumcondra.

In Co Mayo, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and his wife Fionnuala cast their votes in the parochial centre in Castlebar at around 9.45am.

Labour leader Pat Rabbitte, PD leader Michael McDowell and Green Party leader Trevor Sargent have also cast their votes.

There are 466 candidates standing for election in 43 constituencies. Of these 165 candidates will be elected to the Dáil; the Ceann Comhairle, Dr Rory O'Hanlon, is returned automatically.
=Donegal=
00venerdì 25 maggio 2007 22:09
Verso la riconferma di Bertie
Il suo partito conquista il 41% dei voti, forte aumento per il FG (26%) ma non abbastanza per conquistare il governo.
Al momento su 67 seggi assegnati la situazione è la seguente:
Fianna Fail 43
Fine Gael 12
Labour 7
GP 2
altri 3

[Modificato da =Donegal= 25/05/2007 22.10]

=Donegal=
00sabato 26 maggio 2007 16:15
Altri dati parziali, quando al momento sono assegnati 149 seggi sui 166 del Dail. Tra parentesi le proiezioni sul numero di seggi finali.

Fianna Fail 72 (78)
Fine Gael 45 (52)
Labour 18 (19/21)
Progressive Democrats 1 (2)
Green Party 5 (6)
Sinn Fein 3 (3/4)
Altri/Indipendenti 5 (5)

Sembra ormai certo che l'alleanza FF/PD non avrà la maggioranza assoluta, quindi si aprono al momento vari scenari che prevedono l'alleanza del FF con laburisti o verdi, ma anche gli indipendenti possono dire la loro.
Intanto ci sono già i primi effetti del voto: Michael McDowell, leader del PD ed ex ministro della giustizia, ha perso il seggio e ha deciso di abbandonare la politica.

Le percentuali sono queste:
Fianna Fail 41,6%
Fine Gael 27,3%
Labour 10.1%
Progressive Democrats 2,7%
Green Party 4,7%
Sinn Fein 6,9%
Altri/Indipendenti 6,6%

Nelle percentuali spiccano su tutti il +5% del FG e la perdita di un terzo dei voti (-1,2%) del PD, mentre è invariato il consenso del FF. Aumentano un punto i verdi, ne perde mezzo il Labour, praticamente invariato SF.

=Donegal=
00domenica 27 maggio 2007 11:03
Il conteggio si è concluso.
La composizione del Dail:

Fianna Fail 78
Fine Gael 51
Labour 20
Progressive Democrats 2
Green Party 6
Sinn Fein 4
Indipendenti 5

Al momento lo scenario dato come più probabile è la conferma dell'alleanza FF/PD con l'appoggio di alcuni degli indipendenti.
=Donegal=
00domenica 27 maggio 2007 11:05
A proposito delle alleanze ecco questo articolo dell'Independent

Bertie's choice is PDs and 'like-minded' Independents

By Anne Harris
Sunday May 27 2007

THIRD-term Taoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday revealed his thinking about the shape of the incoming Government. "My preferred choice would be a coalition of Fianna Fail, the PDs and 'like-minded' independents," he told the Sunday Independent in an exclusive interview.

"The scenario could include PDs Mary Harney and Noel Grealish, and independents Jackie Healy-Rae and Beverley Cooper Flynn," Mr Ahern said. "These would all be like-minded members of the 30th Dail.

"These are all possibilities, but we can take none for granted until informal discussions this week," said the Taoiseach.

Mr Ahern, it is believed, has not had time to approach the "gene-pool" independents, Beverley Cooper Flynn and Jackie Healy-Rae, and political insiders speculated that a lot would depend on their "shopping lists".

This week's talks could probably be extended to include, if necessary, Tony Gregory and Finian McGrath. There was some speculation yesterday that Tony Gregory might be considered for Ceann Comhairle.

Informed sources yesterday suggested that even former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry might be a surprise "like-minded independent". The re-elected independent Tipperary North TD recently indicated in a TV3 interview that he might support the Taoiseach.

Mr Ahern revealed that, as yet, he had "not given any real thought" to other options such as Fianna Fail and the Green Party, or Fianna Fail and Labour.

Those close to the Taoiseach said that he was "very interested" in the idea floated yesterday by Senator John Minihan that the PDs should reverse back into Fianna Fail.

Mr Ahern's reaction to the suggestion is believed to be that "it is not a bad one". Insiders say that Mr Ahern thinks "it would not be a bad day politically" if the PDs were to reintegrate themselves with Fianna Fail.

Mr Ahern said his "primary purpose is to provide stable Government for the next five years with an agreed programme through which the Fianna Fail mandate will be delivered.

"Stability, credibility and longevity are my central messages," he said. "I am not going into unstable Government. I am not going to be tied down. Whatever I put together will have to last," he added.

The Taoiseach's preferred option would be very similar to the 1997-2002 model which saw the real take-off of the economic boom.

Meanwhile, the Taoiseach said yesterday that he had "no problem" with the Mahon tribunal which recommences tomorrow.

"I'll co-operate fully with the tribunal, there is nothing new to come. Everything is out there. The whole file is out there," he said.

The Taoiseach repeated his sadness at the loss of Michael McDowell to Irish politics. Mr McDowell told the Sunday Independent this weekend that his decision to leave public life was irrevocable.

"I won't go back. I will be a private citizen again. I won't be a politician, a journalist or a controversialist. The guillotine has come down," he said.

Asked if he would be a barrister in the future, Mr McDowell replied "yes".

The Tanaiste reflected that the dramatic loss of his seat in Dublin South East was "in the nature of politics and in the nature of that constituency". Mr McDowell said that he was proud of his achievements as Tanaiste, Minister for Justice, Attorney General and a member of a successful Government, and that he was now looking forward to moving on with his life.

The Taoiseach will open discussions with the PDs and the independents this week.

If the negotiations are successful, the outcome could be similar to the situation in 1997 when Fianna Fail had 77 seats and formed a government with four PDs and the support of Jackie Healy-Rae, Mildred Fox, both with Fianna Fail leanings, and Tom Gildea, the Donegal 'deflector' candidate.

That government stayed a full five-year term, despite the many predictions that it would not manage to survive the opening of the Flood (now Mahon) tribunal.

- Anne Harris
=Donegal=
00lunedì 28 maggio 2007 22:30
Si va verso un governo FF-PD con l'appoggio di qualche indipendente...

Fonte: Ireland.com

Ahern's preferred option is PD deal plus Independents

Stephen Collins, Political Editor

A third coalition in a row between Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats, supported by a group of Independents, has emerged as the favoured option of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.

Negotiations will take place over the next two and a half weeks to establish if such an arrangement is feasible by the time the Dáil meets on June 14th.

A Fianna Fáil-Green Party coalition appears to be Mr Ahern's second preference. He stressed his commitment yesterday to issues like energy supply and the environment, citing speeches he had made on the issues earlier this year.

A number of his senior Ministers are believed to favour a coalition deal with the Greens.

The Green TDs met yesterday and decided to take soundings within their own party on how to proceed. "We want a responsible, stable and effective government and at this stage we are ruling nothing out," party leader Trevor Sargent said afterwards.

Later he appeared to reverse his pledge to step aside as leader if his party went into coalition with Fianna Fáil and his Dáil colleague, John Gormley, insisted that Mr Sargent would remain as leader if a deal was struck with Mr Ahern.

Meanwhile the Fine Gael leader, Enda Kenny, insisted he was still in with a chance of being elected taoiseach and he announced his intention of talking to the Greens, the Independents and the PDs.

Mr Kenny pointed to the fact that the Government parties lost nine seats compared with the 2002 election while the alternative alliance had gained 20 and that close to 60 per cent of people had voted for change.

The PDs announced that the party chairman, Peter Wyer, had asked Health Minister Mary Harney to assume the functions and responsibilities of party leader until the formation of the next government. Ms Harney stepped down as leader last September and was replaced by Michael McDowell who has lost his Dáil seat.

No formal discussions have been held between any of the parties to date but soundings will be taken in the coming days. The Cabinet is scheduled to meet on Wednesday and that will provide an opportunity for Fianna Fáil and the PDs to assess the position.

While the Taoiseach has indicated his preference for a continuation of the current coalition, it is not clear whether he would be willing to allow Ms Harney to remain in Health.

During the election campaign she repeated on a number of occasions that it was her ambition to continue in the department and complete the job of reform that she had started.

Mr Ahern stressed the need for stability and that he will be seeking guarantees from the PDs and Independents or Greens that any government will last for five years.

The make-up of the Independents may mean that no such guarantees are possible and could ultimately push Mr Ahern in the direction of the Greens.

Two of the Independents, Jackie Healy Rae and Beverley Flynn, are former Fianna Fáil politicians, a third, Michael Lowry, is a former Fine Gael minister while two Dublin Independents, Tony Gregory and Finian McGrath, are socialists. Senior Fianna Fáil figures acknowledge that the group would not be nearly as cohesive as the four Independents who underpinned the 1997 to 2002 Fianna Fáil-PD coalition.

If it is not possible to tie at least three of the Independents into a firm commitment of long-term support, a coalition involving the Greens and the PDs may even be considered. Neither of the two smaller parties have ruled it out, although they would have wide policy differences in areas like health.

The Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin, stressed last night that Fianna Fáil would not entertain the idea of "shopping lists" from other parties or Independents but would negotiate on policies to produce a programme that would serve the country's interests.

The Labour Party leader, Pat Rabbitte, yesterday reiterated his position that he had made a commitment to the Irish people that he would not lead his party into government with Fianna Fáil at this point in history. "I intend to honour that commitment," he added. He was also adamant that he intended to stay on as leader of the party.

Mr Rabbitte has called a parliamentary party meeting for Wednesday to review the disappointing election performance which saw the party end up with one seat less. The party's national executive council will meet on Thursday to discuss the election outcome and to decide what strategy the party should adopt in the future.

While some senior Labour TDs have expressed the view that the party should seriously re-examine its alliance with Fine Gael, the Kildare South TD, Jack Wall, said delegates had voted by four to one to adopt the alliance strategy at its conference two years ago and it was disappointing to hear people now "whinging and crying" about that.

"We adopted a clear strategy and you are either a team player or you are not. If you are not, maybe you should be looking for a place on another team." he said, adding that Mr Rabbitte had his full support.
© 2007 The Irish Times
=Donegal=
00giovedì 14 giugno 2007 23:30
E alla fine è arrivato l'accordo sul governo.
Saranno i Greens e il PD gli alleati del Bertie, oltre ad alcuni indipendenti.
Fonte: Ireland.com

Greens and PDs to make Ahern taoiseach again

Stephen Collins, Political Editor

The first Fianna Fáil-led three-party coalition will take office today, following the decision of the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats to approve a programme for government hammered out in more than a week of talks.

The new coalition will also be supported by at least three Independents who have concluded their own separate deals with Fianna Fáil.

The multi-stranded deal means that Bertie Ahern will be comfortably elected as taoiseach when the Dáil meets this afternoon. The Greens will get two cabinet posts and the Progressive Democrats will have one, with the remaining 12 positions being filled by Fianna Fáil.

It is expected that the Green cabinet posts will involve responsibility for the environment and energy but it appears that the party will not have any role in transport.

The Greens will also get two junior ministerial posts, which means that four of the party's six TDs will get office under the deal.

Trevor Sargent, who announced last night that he would honour his earlier pledge to step down as party leader rather than lead the Greens into government with Fianna Fáil, said he would not take up a cabinet position but would accept a junior ministry if offered one. Mr Sargent received a standing ovation before he made his announcement at the special Green Party conference in the Mansion House in Dublin, from which the media were excluded.

After intense and sometimes tearful debate, 86 per cent of the delegates voted in favour of the programme for government, considerably more than the two-thirds majority required by party rules.

At least one of the current 13 Fianna Fáil Cabinet Ministers will have to be dropped to make way for the entry of the Green Party into government. If there are any promotions from the junior ministerial ranks, more than one of the serving Ministers will have to be dropped.

One of the current senior Ministers may be accommodated in the prestigious position of ceann comhairle, which carries the salary and perks of a minister. It has the added attraction of providing automatic return to Dáil Éireann at the next election.

The election of taoiseach will take place this afternoon but the cabinet will not be announced until early evening, after Mr Ahern has returned from receiving his seal of office at Áras an Uachtaráin.

There was intense debate at the Green Party conference on the 86-page programme for government, which contains a wide range of commitments on issues of concern to the Green Party. Among those emphasised by the party leadership at yesterday's conference were:

o A carbon tax and targets for the reduction of 3 per cent a year in greenhouse gas emissions.

o The establishment of a climate change commission.

o Setting up a commission on taxation.

o New building standards to reduce the energy demands of houses.

o Accelerate growth in renewable energy sources like wind, wave and tidal power.

o Reform of local government with a directly elected mayor for Dublin by 2011.

o Establishment of an independent electoral reform commission which will examine the financing of the political system.

Among the major Green objectives not achieved in the programme were:

o An end to the use of Shannon airport by the US military.

o The abandonment of plans to build the M3 motorway near the Hill of Tara.

o A ban on corporate donations.

o An end to the plan to build co-located private hospitals on public land.

Fianna Fáil yesterday finalised deals valued at hundreds of millions of euro with Independent TDs Finian McGrath and Michael Lowry in exchange for their support. This brings to three the number of Independents who have so far signed up to support the coalition, with Kerry South deputy, Jackie Healy-Rae, striking a deal on Monday.

It is understood talks were ongoing late last night with a fourth Independent, former Fianna Fáil deputy for Mayo Beverley Flynn.
© 2007 The Irish Times
=Donegal=
00giovedì 14 giugno 2007 23:32
La lista dei ministri.
Fonte: RTE.ie

Brian Cowen - Tánaiste, Minister for Finance
Mary Harney - Minister for Health and Children
Mary Coughlan- Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Seamus Brennan - Minister for Arts, Sport & Tourism
Noel Dempsey - Minister for Transport and the Marine
Éamon Ó Cuív - Minister for Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Willie O'Dea - Minister for Defence
Mary Hanafin - Minister for Education and Science
Micheál Martin - Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
John Gormley - Minister for the Environment, Heritage and local Government
Dermot Ahern - Minister for Foreign Affairs
Brian Lenihan - Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Martin Cullen - Minister for Social and Family Affairs
Eamon Ryan - Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Attorney General - Paul Gallagher SC
Sean1
00martedì 19 giugno 2007 00:21
...
io non mi sono fatto un opinione , non ancora, di queste elezioni , forse gli irlandesi avranno votato pensando che " cavallo che vince non si cambia", io speravo in un cambiamento, una rottura. Non ho votato poiche' non ho ancora la cittadinanza, ma se avessi potuto non avrei votato per Bertie e voi?
=moris=
00martedì 19 giugno 2007 12:30
Re: ...

Scritto da: Sean1 19/06/2007 0.21
io non mi sono fatto un opinione , non ancora, di queste elezioni , forse gli irlandesi avranno votato pensando che " cavallo che vince non si cambia", io speravo in un cambiamento, una rottura. Non ho votato poiche' non ho ancora la cittadinanza, ma se avessi potuto non avrei votato per Bertie e voi?



Gianni, se tu avessi scritto che avresti votato per Bertie, avrei pensato che tu stessi scrivendo sotto possessione di un demone [SM=g27828]

Scusate, ora vado a riposarmi perchè ho usato troppi congiuntivi...
=Donegal=
00martedì 19 giugno 2007 21:47
Re: ...

Scritto da: Sean1 19/06/2007 0.21
io non mi sono fatto un opinione , non ancora, di queste elezioni , forse gli irlandesi avranno votato pensando che " cavallo che vince non si cambia", io speravo in un cambiamento, una rottura. Non ho votato poiche' non ho ancora la cittadinanza, ma se avessi potuto non avrei votato per Bertie e voi?



Non conosco la politica irlandese bene al punto da darti una risposta certa, però il Bertie non mi ispira più di tanto...
Come hai detto tu la scelta degli irish potrebbe essere stata del tipo "cavallo vincente non si cambia", però non è detto che altri cavalli con lo stesso fantino non possano essere ancora più vincenti...
Sean1
00mercoledì 20 giugno 2007 00:56
io...
avrei votato per Clare Daly dei socialist workers ( forse sprecando il mio voto ) e avrei votato forse per i verdi ( sbagliando visto che hanno accettato di entrare in governo con bertie ).
Corcaigh
00giovedì 21 giugno 2007 15:15
Boyle May Have Negotiated Cork Sovereignty
From The People's Republic of Cork
www.peoplesrepublicofcork.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=604&mode=thread&order=0...

Boyle May Have Negotiated Cork Sovereignty
Danny Elbow



Despite being booted out of his Dáil seat by Douglas Weekly star Deirdre Clune, Green Party chief negotiator Dan Boyle has made history by talking his party into government for the first time since their inception twenty five years ago.

While some Corkonians might be proud of that fact alone, it is of more importance to note that the PROC forum member's pivotal position in the negotiations allowed for a frank discussion about the People's Republic of Cork with the so called "Republican Party", Fianna Fáil headed by Irish premier Bertie Ahern.

Last week's intensive negotiations dragged on far longer than expected and while Irish media outlets speculated that Mary Harney's health reforms and auctioning of public lands were the root cause of the delays, we can reveal that the real issue on the table was most likely Cork sovereignty.

In a surprise move by Bertie Ahern which also upset discussions on the next government, Martin Cullen was not moved to the back benches despite wanton waste of tax payers money in his last outing as transport minister.

The Mr. Bean of politics was instead moved to Social and Family Affairs where it is speculated his reputation will cause the end of the family unit and widespread social breakdown particularly in his own constituency of Waterford where this is already rife.

Over the next five years we should expect to see a slow but visible softening in the Irish Government's attitude to many things such as corporate donations and environmental issues but most importantly for Corkonians we will see an obvious thaw among Irish ministers in their support for the separation of the two states.

Perhaps violence won't be necessary overall.

Juza1973
00domenica 24 giugno 2007 03:38
Re: Re: ...

Scritto da: =Donegal= 19/06/2007 21.47


Non conosco la politica irlandese bene al punto da darti una risposta certa, però il Bertie non mi ispira più di tanto...
Come hai detto tu la scelta degli irish potrebbe essere stata del tipo "cavallo vincente non si cambia", però non è detto che altri cavalli con lo stesso fantino non possano essere ancora più vincenti...



Mi pare che gli irlandesi non abbiano creduto nelle alternative, che gli oppositori di FF non dessero fiducia come amministratori dello stato. Forse in futuro dovranno dimostrare piu' grinta e spiegare meglio cosa intenderanno fare.

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