Cabinet Reshuffle Liveblog

Alexia Golez — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:02:23 +0000

Liveblogging this afternoon’s cabinet reshuffle speech by Brian Cowen in the Dáil. We expect Cowen to rise in the Dáil at 3:30 this afternoon and announce his cabinet team.

(If you prefer the ScribbleLive view of the liveblog, check out the SL page)

Political odds: Year of General Election and Next Minister to Resign

Alexia Golez — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:33:31 +0000

Isolated reports of Fianna Fail canvassing over the past week in Dublin and Limerick lead credence to the growing feeling that a Dail dissolution and a snap election is on the cards. Despite this, Paddy Power is now quoting 13/8 odds on a 2010 election, 7/4 on a 2011 and 2012 elections.

Here’s the history of selected Paddy Power’s year of election odds versus the Live Register figures for the end of 2008 through to 2010:

Not forgetting the banking crisis of September 2008, Budget 09 in December 2008, the Emergency Budget in April 2009 and the bite of negative equity throughout.

Paddy Power is also quoting the follow odds on the next minister to resign:

4/6 Mary Harney
11/4 Eamon O Cuiv
6/1 John Gormley
6/1 Noel Dempsey
16/1 Mary Coughlan
16/1 Brendan Smith
20/1 Brian Lenihan
33/1 Dermot Ahern
33/1 Michael Martin
33/1 Mary Hanafin
33/1 Eamon Ryan

Odds from Paddy Power, Live Register figures from the Central Statistics Office

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Cabinet Reshuffle Liveblog

Political odds: Year of General Election and Next Minister to Resign