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The joke is on us

category national | politics / elections | opinion/analysis author Tuesday June 27, 2006 14:54author by Seán Ryan Report this post to the editors

Three new Mayors 'elected' last night.

Labour's Joe Leddin was elected as Lord Mayor of Limerick last night. He was elected by default as nobody else put their names forward. Good to see that the title of '"Lord" Mayor' is staying within the Family Joe. (Doesn't the Constitution do away with titles of nobility and other such shite?)

It will be interesting to see what Joe thinks about the Bleach Lough Spring Water Scandal.

Will crime rates drop. Will traffic get better. Will Joe still want to pedestrianise Limerick City Centre (and will the traffic problem get worse). Will all those houses that are boarded up, in Moyross, Ballynanty, Southill, Weston, etc. be re-opened. Will homelessness remain a major problem. Will the waiting list for housing drop under the 2 year average. Will citizens of Limerick still want to kill themselves. Will Joe, as Limerick County Council said in the High Court the other day, want to keep the status quo.

What difference will Joe actually make?

In Dublin A FF councillor, Vincent Jackson is the new Mayor, after his name was literally drawn out of a hat. Bye Bye FG, told ye to lose the poster ban. And good luck with that investigation.

Michael Ahern from Labour is the new Mayor of Cork.

Looks like there'll be some partying in the Labour Camp.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   FYI     correction    Tue Jun 27, 2006 15:23 
   I guess the joke's on me.     Seán Ryan    Tue Jun 27, 2006 15:38 
   Lord Mayor     Oul Dub    Tue Jun 27, 2006 16:37 
   Mayors to be directly elected     Red Inc    Tue Jun 27, 2006 18:36 
   more elections....     heh    Tue Jun 27, 2006 22:29 
   I like a Mayor that honoured the job     Seán Ryan    Tue Jun 27, 2006 22:47 
   Joe Leddin and Bleach Lough.     Map reader    Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:14 
   To clarify     Seán Ryan    Thu Jun 29, 2006 13:27 
   So much that is wrong     Dermot Lacey    Thu Jun 29, 2006 13:45 
 10   Correction     Seán Ryan    Thu Jun 29, 2006 14:02 
 11   Sean Your ignorance     Dermot Lacey    Thu Jun 29, 2006 14:09 
 12   Spin this     Seán Ryan    Thu Jun 29, 2006 14:46 
 13   Sean You are so wrong     Dermot Lacey    Thu Jun 29, 2006 14:57 
 14   The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune     Seán Ryan    Thu Jun 29, 2006 15:17 
 15   Dermot 1 Sean 0     black inc    Thu Jun 29, 2006 15:34 
 16   Black Inc     Seán Ryan    Thu Jun 29, 2006 16:01 
 17   Not proven     Dermot Lacey    Thu Jun 29, 2006 16:12 
 18   You're causing me to repeat myself     Seán Ryan    Thu Jun 29, 2006 16:23 
 19   Dermot     MG    Thu Jun 29, 2006 16:23 
 20   Lord Mayor     Emma    Thu Jun 29, 2006 16:32 
 21   Gives it but can't take it     Topper    Thu Jun 29, 2006 16:52 
 22   Reply to Topper     Dermot Lacey    Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:58 
 23   Correction     Dermot Lacey    Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:01 
 24   The joke goes on and on, but it's only airs and graces     Seán Ryan    Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:36 
 25   Debate is over     Dermot Lacey    Fri Jun 30, 2006 13:11 
 26   And another one bites the dust!     Seán Ryan    Fri Jun 30, 2006 13:20 
 27   Tough     Seán Ryan    Fri Jun 30, 2006 19:00 
 28   title of Lord Mayor     Darren Mac an Phríora    Fri Jun 30, 2006 21:21 
 29   Culture     Red inc    Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:49 
 30   I am real     Darren Mac an Phríora    Sat Jul 01, 2006 16:19 
 31   Sadly I can read Dermot     Topper    Sun Jul 02, 2006 19:16 
 32   Red Inc - Learning to Read     Seán Ryan    Tue Jul 04, 2006 18:11 
 33   "Methinks"     red inc    Tue Jul 04, 2006 18:57 
 34   Continue to be wrong and irrelevant     Dermot Lacey    Tue Jul 04, 2006 19:28 
 35   Answer this Dermot     MG    Tue Jul 04, 2006 19:58 
 36   MG reply     Dermot Lacey    Wed Jul 05, 2006 13:38 
 37   the micro left     john    Wed Jul 05, 2006 14:31 
 38   You are joking     Red inc    Wed Jul 05, 2006 15:32 
 39   Labour     Green inc    Wed Jul 05, 2006 15:42 
 40   wishful     Dermot Lacey    Wed Jul 05, 2006 15:50 
 41   Effective Opposition.     chris murray    Wed Jul 05, 2006 16:12 
 42   DL     Green Inc    Wed Jul 05, 2006 16:16 
 43   DL/GI/RI etc     pat c    Wed Jul 05, 2006 16:19 
 44   Chris and Green Inc     Dermot Lacey    Wed Jul 05, 2006 16:24 
 45   Dermot     Mark Grehan    Wed Jul 05, 2006 16:42 
 46   This is the kind of crap     Red inc    Wed Jul 05, 2006 18:18 
 47   Blue Ink     Topper    Wed Jul 05, 2006 19:06 
 48   how slimy and unprincipled he is     Red inc    Wed Jul 05, 2006 19:38 
 49   Lacey.     Chris Murray    Wed Jul 05, 2006 21:07 
 50   Meara     Darren Mac an Phríora    Wed Jul 05, 2006 22:49 
 51   Call your bluff     Seán Ryan    Thu Jul 06, 2006 06:10 
 52   Seán     Darren Mac an Phríora    Thu Jul 06, 2006 08:00 
 53   Chris     Dermot Lacey    Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:02 
 54   Of course I am wrong     Chris Murray    Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:09 
 55   I agree     Dermot Lacey    Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:23 
 56   Dermot of the Bin Tax     CCCP    Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:53 
 57   Red Mud     Topper    Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:37 
 58   Beyond redemption, obviously     Topper    Thu Jul 06, 2006 13:34 
 59   proud     Dermot Lacey    Thu Jul 06, 2006 15:19 
 60   Dermot     CCCP    Thu Jul 06, 2006 16:36 
 61   Méara     Seán    Wed Jul 12, 2006 03:32 
 62   Lord mayor in Limerick     Kieran Walsh    Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:17 
 63   kieran     pat c    Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:23 
 64   Again     Seán Ryan    Mon Jul 17, 2006 15:15 
 65   So what     Red inc    Tue Jul 18, 2006 03:00 
 66   Also     Red ink    Tue Jul 18, 2006 03:04 
 67   [abusive title removed]     Seán Ryan    Tue Jul 18, 2006 03:25 
 68   Also     Seán Ryan    Tue Jul 18, 2006 03:46 
 69   last posting on this one.     Dermot Lacey    Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:55 
 70   Another clarification     Seán Ryan    Tue Jul 18, 2006 13:20 
 71   Give it a rest     Lord Daithi    Tue Jul 18, 2006 14:00 
 72   Titles     Redder Ink    Tue Jul 18, 2006 14:41 
 73   Nope     Seán Ryan    Tue Jul 18, 2006 15:06 
 74   OK     d    Tue Jul 18, 2006 15:38 
 75   Whats in a name? a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.     kieran walsh    Wed Jul 19, 2006 21:42 
 76   Depressing news     Seán Ryan    Wed Jul 19, 2006 22:09 
 77   I like to ramble too...........     Kieran Walsh    Thu Jul 20, 2006 14:53 
 78   Limerick     Seán Ryan    Thu Jul 20, 2006 16:26 
 79   Doing the Lord's work     lordwatch    Fri Jul 21, 2006 19:52 


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