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[National update: FF the largest party with 37 local seats remaining]

National update: FF the largest party with 37 local seats remaining

Just 37 council seats around the country remain to be decided this morning, with Fianna Fáil set to become the largest party at local council level.
The party has won 257 seats so far. Independents and others are next with 229 seats. Fine Gael has 221 seats, while Sinn Féin has 153 seats.
Labour has taken the biggest hit, with just 50 seats so far in local councils around the country - half its figure from the last local elections in 2009.
Elsewhere, first official counts are expected in the South and Midlands/NorthWest constituencies at lunchtime.

Jaysus, we are one f**king stupid electorate, as if we didn't already know ...

The party that came third are claiming victory, its f*cked up.

Folks, does anyone have a Nissan Qushqai? Any positive or negative feedback on the Diesel engines? Thinking about going for one and had heard some bad reports on the petrol ones but haven't heard anything at all about the diesel ones. Cheers

The 1.5 dci engine is too small for the Cashcow and surprisingly hard on fuel, especially at motorway speeds. On the plus side it isn't as ugly as the Joke.

Disappointing to see that Ireland's Shane Lowry missed out today. Harry Bradshaw in 1958 still the last Irish winner of this tournament. The famine goes on.

Yeah, sure.

Five arrested in Kilcurry near the Louth/Armagh border with a mortor bomb.

Get that bus parked.

It's lively.

Penalty from 1st attack.wow

Anyone carded/sent off?

After the Tyrone keeper was black carded last week when Down were taking the penalty the keeper should not have been replaced until after the next break in play, technically Tyrone had one too many players on the field.

Minor game off

Tyrone v Monaghan ??

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0523/619299-owen-bannigan/

His son is on the Monaghan minor panel.

Anything in particular we should be listening for?

I wouldn't trust a Mooslim so I wouldn't.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=249990438539248

Hard to bate a bit of good old fashioned tribalism, so it is.

Probably vote for Matt Carthy as no 1. Ming no 2. Sin é.

Matt Carthy  Saw him on TV recently, nothing but an empty suit.

Kilkenny have invested a lot of money in the re-development of their stadium in Nowlan Park.

But despite the re-developments one thing has not changed. The point of view of the viewer.

The "Old Stand" as it is referred to in Kilkenny is a huge eye sore. Old, as its nickname suggests – and not very big. It stands today purely out of the fact that it is right on top of a residential area and the roof was made of asbestos.

For years now the "New Stand" has been the premier stand in the stadium, with a much larger capacity and a far more modern (yet by today's standards, out-dated) exterior. Yet when the TV cameras rolled in to town, the camera has been strung from its ceiling, instead pointing towards the grotesque "Old Stand", virtually turning its back on the thousands of fans below.

This was a decision that always baffled. Why not hire a crane for the camera to put on the other side? Do appearances mean nothing?

Well to Sky they do. And they have wasted no time in making the call to face the cameras in the opposite direction.

Of course they were given a little nudge due to the fact the Winter storms had wreaked havoc on the old stand's roof, causing asbestos to fly in to the nearby residential area. Years of putting off the removal of the asbestos ridden roof for fear of safety to the public – only to have the wind do it for you.

Since then the powers that be at Nowlan Park have set about removing the roof entirely and are likely to start the long overdue construction work on a new "old stand".

To this Sky's Director of Production Steve Smith laughed "We're not bringing a roof. That's where the production manager and directors go and deal with the specific detail but I do know about Nowlan Park and the fact it's redeveloping. The plan is to shoot from that side rather than into that side. We'd much rather show what a great spectacle it is rather than shooting a building site."