How are we voting on the 6Th??? (88)

The poll is flawed. There are two separate polls at least for most people. Three for those of us who have town councils. How you vote in one is not necessarily how you will vote in the other.

This is the first local election I've had a vote in where I have not had a set in stone party loyalty. So it will be interesting.

Same here scribbler. I have always voted for the same party..as have all my family. This time I wouldn't touch them with a 40 foot pole!!!

I reckon a lot of independents will do well. I have heard so many people say they will not vote for any of the main parties

defo independant ! the rest are glorified conmen

bumpty bumpy bump....just wondering how are we all voting today.....

how can ple vote finegael and fianna fail when they were taking the medical cards off the elderly???

my lord

Because people are fickle.

Although to be fair I can think of a lot of other reasons why people shouldn't vote for FF or FG.

That said, whatever party you vote for, unless it's one of the very small ones without leinster House representation, you are effectively voting for someone who will in future be propping up either a FF or FG government.

So when voting, you have to think of the particular circumstances in the area you are voting. An individual shinner or Green or labour party candidate may be worth bothering with, so people should vote for them on that basis, rather than thinking that their parties will somehow change things.

As the greens showed when they effectively took down their trousers and gave FF permission to enter at will, all parties are corruptible if they agree to coalition.

The only parties who can avoid it are those that take a principled stand against coalitions with right wing governments. However in our current political climate, that leaves them very isolated politically. It is a bit of a viscious circle.

Voted Independent all the way