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Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: Rat Catcher on March 19, 2019, 03:26:25 pm
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Over a hundred in Mosney direct provision centre register to vote in upcoming local elections
Registration drives have taken place in Dublin, Cork and Meath recently.
17 hours ago
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE living in two direct provision centres have registered to vote in the upcoming local elections.
Migrants living in direct provision centres in Mosney, Co Meath and Clondalkin Towers, Co Dublin have been signed up to vote following a recent registration drive.
“You’re dealing with communities that are incredibly isolated, communities with little recourse,” Sean McCabe, a candidate for Cabra/Glasnevin in the upcoming local elections, has said.
Over three days in Mosney and Clondalkin, McCabe and a number of residents of the centre went door-to-door, he says, registering people to vote.
“We did our very best to reach people who weren’t in at the time,” McCabe has said. “It was met with great support.”
Many of the people we met had been living in Direct Provision for several years – they were very happy to learn they had a voice in the local elections.
“Sometime we can take our own democracy for granted. There’s a democratic deficit in some of the countries people are coming from.”
Non-EU citizens can only vote in local elections in Ireland. EU citizens can register in both the locals and European elections, both of which will be held on 24 May.
Similar registration drives have taken place in Cork recently.
Stephen Murphy, a social inclusion worker at Cork Council Centre, says that over 300 people have registered to vote since registration drives were launched.
For many people, there was a lack of awareness of their eligibility to vote. “Not only people coming to Ireland but also their Irish colleagues,” Murphy has said.
As part of the Shape Your City campaign, developed by local businesses and communities, Murphy has spearheaded 15 events to register people to vote. The only requirement is that people have resided in Ireland for six months.
McCabe has said that the reaction to registration drives in Mosney and Clondalkin was largely positive, that it has raised awareness of those eligible to vote in the upcoming elections.
“If you have all the local candidates and councillors canvassing Mosney and Clondalkin, then you have something transformational.”
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This is the start of the takeover,next it will be the islamifaction of Europe,and its our politicians who are inviting this
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To date I think the Shiners have monopolised the African immigrant vote but I guess this strategy could present an opportunity to get a taxi driver elected in Clondalkin... can you think of anyone?
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Used to be a fella called John m in clondalkin,but I think he gave up on it
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Used to be a fella called John m in clondalkin,but I think he gave up on it
Yeah I remember one called Ursula (think it may be the same person)
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Was that not Dymphna
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Was that not Dymphna
Na it defo was Ursula , she was a nympho, your probably confusing Dymphna and Nympho , understand how it could happen
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Dympna Fairchild.....biggest slap-head in Finches. Her party-piece was spit-roasting 2 fat men whilst rimming the parish priest.
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Dympna Fairchild.....biggest slap-head in Finches. Her party-piece was spit-roasting 2 fat men whilst rimming the parish priest.
Dymphna was a lady came fromRenalagh married to Ambrose lasy I heard of her she was selling hand knitted cardigans around the old folks homes .
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Used to be a fella called John m in clondalkin,but I think he gave up on it
Oportunity was 8 years ago people were looking for anybody but regular politicians more useless wasters like SF profit from the people and the Mung Bean Gang elected in that local election and a lot of them Like Joan Collins .Brid Smith even went on to get elected to the Dail .The boat has sailed .The hippy by transitional non described liberals now show their independence of thought by voting for established parties like Sinn Fein ,Profit From The People but in this local election you will see the emergence of the Right .
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There's a saying, 'Academic Politics Are So Vicious Because the Stakes Are So Small'. The same could be said of council elections.
The last story I remember about DCC was them arguing about the biscuits. It's hungry work - anger at lack of food in council meetings (https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/its-hungry-work-anger-at-lack-of-food-in-council-meetings-35203757.html) (2016)
What's the quota to get elected? And would 200 people make a difference?
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They changed the local authority areas to huge multiseat Ballymun Whitehall Artane returnd 9 councillors under 1000 votes might get you the last seat .Ben Briscoe and Eric Byrne were seperated by one or two votes for the last seat in a general election .200 votes is huge The las seat in most wards if not all will be wone by less than 200 votes .
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Used to be a fella called John m in clondalkin,but I think he gave up on it
More than him tried it...........at least 2 more.
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Was that Big Dommo and his Son.......what's his name?
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I think it's brilliant.
Hundreds of thousands of Irish don't exercise their franchise, so why not soon to be Irish?
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Todays immigrants, tomorrow's Taoisigh.
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Terrible youtube crap going around showing the NZ woman of the hour sporting a sizeable package under her skirt....the lengths these yokes will go to.....
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Terrible youtube crap going around showing the NZ woman of the hour sporting a sizeable package under her skirt....the lengths these yokes will go to.....
It would be funny if Jacinder was burned out!
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Terrible youtube crap going around showing the NZ woman of the hour sporting a sizeable package under her skirt....the lengths these yokes will go to.....
It would be funny if Jacinder was burned out!
Jack deer reduced to cinder 8)