Dublin South-West is a constituency of contrasts – nearly one-half of voters live in predominantly working-class areas, while one-third of voters live in predominantly middle-class areas. And there are sharp contrasts in how the votes fell in the different areas. Continue reading SCENES FROM THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN DUBLIN STH-WEST
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RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE AAA-PBPS
After the 2011 Election, Sinn Fein seemed set to dominate the Tallaght vote and quite possibly take 2 out of the 5 seats in the new Dublin Sth-West.
However their failure to win the by-election in 2014 telegraphed that their dominance was far from assured – although even that result failed to presage that their vote in 2016 would in fact slip back from their 2011 vote (they took 17% in the old South-West constituency area in February versus 20% in 2011). Continue reading RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE AAA-PBPS