Ireland went to the polls today. Paradoxically it's one of the most important elections
ever and will certainly change the political map yet at the same time our future is
very much in the hands of others since the IMF and EU bailout. One thing for sure is that
Fianna Fail, who have been in power for 61 of the last 79 years, are set to take a
hammering. Whether those who accede to power can do any better remains to
be seen.
I will be spending most of tomorrow, and most likely a good part of Sunday, at the election count centre.
Thanks to the fact that we have a 'celebrity' candidate, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, running
in our constituency, we are expecting the biggest media circus since President Clinton visited Dundalk in 2002.
The Town Hall, where a local amateur drama group are staging a musical based on the current political/economic
crisis called 'Malice in Blunderland', served as a polling station.