Nominations for Ireland's most anonymous TD?

[PaddyJoe]

Must admit that I heard the name 'Mary Wallace' at some stage in my life but I didn't realise that she is a public representative and a retiring TD.
Any other nominations for the most low profile TD in this Dail?

[ang]

Let's get a list of nominations together and then you can run a poll PJ to see who wins the crown.

(Bit worried we mightn't have enough crowns in the vault though)

[PaddyJoe]

One of my favourite anonymous TDs is Brendan Smith(Cavan/Monaghan) who of course is also the Minister for Agriculture. He managed to come to public attention twice in this Dail: first with the pork scare in December 2008 and later with 'free cheese' last year.
He had an unforgettable The Week in Politics when Sean O'Rourke asked him about Irish bond yields and he took refuge in quoting Kells Mart prices:D

[greengoose]

I give you Cyprian Brady of 939 first preference votes fame.

[C. Flower]

Is this not a bit of a self-defeating exercise? There's surely one we're all going to overlook..:D

[antiestablishmentarian]

Paul Connaughton Galway East anyone?

[C. Flower]

Paul Connaughton Galway East anyone?

Paul who ? :confused:

[antiestablishmentarian]

Paul who ? :confused:

He's an FG TD from Galway East whose current claim to fame is that he's grooming his son to replace him. A complete non-entity, the only time I ever saw him speak publicly he was urging people to vote for the Lisbon Treaty even if they hadn't read it, as after all, most people pay their electricity bills without reading the terms and conditions and they get on grand :D. He's been in the Dáil since 1981 and the Seanad for 4 years before that, so it's a fitting epitaph to the accomplishments of his political career that you've never heard of him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Connaughton

[C. Flower]

We've had a response from Cyprian Brady :)



RT @_politicalworld: Nominations for Ireland's most anonymous TD - http://bit.ly/g2AQxo>>> VOTE CYPRIAN BRADY NUMBER 1. Thank You.

[Baron von Biffo]

It would have to be Enda Kenny who's been locked away in his bunker in Tora Bora Mayo for over a month now.

[eoinmn]

Any of the Galway East set. Noel Tracey, Paul Connaughton, What's-his-name Kitt.
Oh and Ulick Burke.

[Slim Buddha]

For me it has to be John Cregan TD. A man with a job in the public eye, a member of our national parliament and yet he is not a household name in his own household. Anonymous doesn't get more anonymous than this guy. Classic back-bench voting fodder.

[eoinmn]

I've never head of John Cregan. What party and constituency?

[ang]

I've never head of John Cregan. What party and constituency?

He is FF party Limerick West but the boundary changes mean he will now be standing in Limerick constituency although some of his stronger supporters would have been transferred to Kerry North/Limerick West.

[C. Flower]

I've never head of John Cregan. What party and constituency?


That would appear to make him a front runner.

[eoinmn]

No, still doesn't ring any bells.

I think we have a winner.

Still though, I couldn't think of Ulick Burke's name and he is in my constituency.

[C. Flower]

Final nominations please.... I'm about to put up a poll on this.

[C. Flower]

Cyprian Brady is showing a lot of interest in this poll.


@_politicalworld how's the voting going for Ireland's most anonymous TD? Do you win by getting most or least votes?


@_politicalworld OK - FPTP, PR, AV or the FF Cumann method?

[ang]

We must then make sure that Cyprian is a participant most unfair to leave him out.:D

[Ah Well]

I've never head of John Cregan. What party and constituency?

+1 ... and apparently from the county adjoining me too .... :D

Slipped under the radar did our John ....

[antiestablishmentarian]

Cyprian Brady is showing a lot of interest in this poll.

It's about the only poll he's likely to top this year, so no wonder he's showing a bit of interest...

[C. Flower]

Nominees to date:

Mary Wallace
Brendan Smith
Cyprian Brady
Paul Connaughton
Enda Kenny
Whatisname Kitt
Noel Treacy
Ulick Burke
John Cregan

and that other one whose name I can't remember...

[Slim Buddha]

a A late entry..................... I was racking my brain for days trying to remember him but finally it has come to me as if in a fog................Michael Moynihan! I thought I was doing well nominating John Cregan but it seems he is to well known ;)

But Moynihan is in a class of his own, almost. Amazingly he is entering his 14th year in the Dail

[DJeep]

A very late entry...
MJ Nolan - 24yrs spent in Dail Eireann

Why ??????

[antiestablishmentarian]

How about Niall Collins, FF Limerick West?

[ang]

How about Niall Collins, FF Limerick West?

Yes John Cregan running mate. On with Matt yesterday the sound of silence at the end of interview was indeed golden.

[Slim Buddha]

All seemingly FF backbench fodder. Sultans of Potholes, every one of them.

[Captain Con O'Sullivan]

He's an FG TD from Galway East whose current claim to fame is that he's grooming his son to replace him. A complete non-entity, the only time I ever saw him speak publicly he was urging people to vote for the Lisbon Treaty even if they hadn't read it, as after all, most people pay their electricity bills without reading the terms and conditions and they get on grand :D. He's been in the Dáil since 1981 and the Seanad for 4 years before that, so it's a fitting epitaph to the accomplishments of his political career that you've never heard of him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Connaughton

Holy handgrenades ... I hope he isn't a solicitor although nothing would surprise me now. I'm almost afraid to check.

[C. Flower]

Nominees to date:

Mary Wallace
Brendan Smith
Cyprian Brady
Paul Connaughton
Enda Kenny
Whatisname Kitt
Noel Treacy
Ulick Burke
John Cregan

and that other one whose name I can't remember...

Additions:
Michael Moynihan
M. J. Nolan
Niall Collins


Cyprian had a point here - how should we poll it ?


@_politicalworld OK - FPTP, PR, AV or the FF Cumann method?

I was thinking to allow everyone to have one less vote than the total no. of candidates and ask them to vote for anyone they've heard of, leaving out the one the know least about ??

Lowest no. of votes wins ?

[Gloster Gladiator]

Naw, keep it simple, FPTP. One forumite, one vote.

Some cracking contenders there, btw.

[Slim Buddha]

Back to Cregan for a minute

http://www.fiannafail.ie/people/john-cregan/

Even of his FF page, under political record, there is one mention of Limerick but FIVE mentions in a short paragraph of Dromcolliher!!

So he is the TD for Dromcolliher! Presumably they have heard of him there but the only thing that ever happened in Dromcolliher in its entire history is that the cinema burnt down there in 1926.

It has to be him!!! Mister Dromcolliher himself!!!

[eoinmn]

Some Labour TD called O'Shea announced today he would not run in the GE. I hadn't heard of him before. Is it just me?

[Baron von Biffo]

Additions:
Michael Moynihan
M. J. Nolan
Niall Collins


Cyprian had a point here - how should we poll it ?



I was thinking to allow everyone to have one less vote than the total no. of candidates and ask them to vote for anyone they've heard of, leaving out the one the know least about ??

Lowest no. of votes wins ?

Just curious here but does the Vbulletin software allow for a PRSTV poll?

[Slim Buddha]

Just give it to Cregan for God's sake!! Eight years in our national parliament, the highest forum of democracy in our republic, and this, according to Fianna Fail's own web-site is where we are with John Cregan Teachta Dala


John was first elected to Limerick Co. Council in 1991, following the retirement of his late father Tom, and also became a member of Mid Western Health Board. He is also an Executive Member of the Association of Health Boards in Ireland. John's community involvements include:Chairman Dromcollogher/Broadford GAA. PRO Dromcollogher Mentally Handicapped Association. Member Dromcollogher Family Housing Association. Member Dromcollogher Community Council and Member of Board of Management Dromcollogher National School.


I rest my case!

[antiestablishmentarian]

Just give it to Cregan for God's sake!! Eight years in our national parliament, the highest forum of democracy in our republic, and this, according to Fianna Fail's own web-site is where we are with John Cregan Teachta Dala


John was first elected to Limerick Co. Council in 1991, following the retirement of his late father Tom, and also became a member of Mid Western Health Board. He is also an Executive Member of the Association of Health Boards in Ireland. John's community involvements include:Chairman Dromcollogher/Broadford GAA. PRO Dromcollogher Mentally Handicapped Association. Member Dromcollogher Family Housing Association. Member Dromcollogher Community Council and Member of Board of Management Dromcollogher National School.


I rest my case!

I see you that and raise you Connaughton


Paul was first elected to the Dáil in 1981.He was Fine Gael front bench spokesperson on Marine, Natural Resources and Energy from June 2000 to February 2001. Prior to this, 1997-2000, he was spokesman on Agriculture and Food. He was Fine Gael spokesperson on Energy & Western Development and Chairman of the Political Affairs Committee between 1993 and 1997. Paul was Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture with special responsibility for Land Structure & Development from 1982 to 1987.

He has served as spokesman on a range of portfolios including Agriculture, Social Welfare, Regional Development, Defence and Tourism.

He was a member of Galway County Council from 1979-85 and again from 1991 to September 2003. He was also a member of the Galway County Committee of Agriculture from 1979 to 1985.

Paul is a member of Macra na Feirme, the Irish Farmers Association, Mountbellew Town Development Association, Tuam Chamber of Commerce and the Gaelic Athletic Association. He is a former General Manager of Tuam Livestock Mart.
http://www.paulconnaughton.finegael.ie/

[C. Flower]

The Poll will be going up at midnight tonight. Last call for nominations !!!

[C. Flower]

With thanks to joe.ie

Ten TDs have spoken less than four times each in the Dáil chamber in 2010.
The tight-lipped ten, published by the Irish Daily Mail, shows former Taioseach Bertie Ahern didn’t utter a single word.
Kerry TD Jackie Healy-Rae cost the Irish people €14,142 for every word he spoke in the Dáil this year. Now there’s some food for thought when you’re heading to the polling station early next year.

The tight-lipped ten include:
Bertie Ahern (0)
Jackie Healy-Rae (1)
Michael Woods (1)
Christy O’Sullivan (2)
Eamon Scanlon (3)
Dr Rory O’Hanlon (3)
Tom Kitt (3)
Noel Grealish (3)
Michael Fitzpatrick (3)
Michael Lowry (3)

[PaddyJoe]

With thanks to joe.ie

Ten TDs have spoken less than four times each in the Dáil chamber in 2010.
The tight-lipped ten, published by the Irish Daily Mail, shows former Taioseach Bertie Ahern didn’t utter a single word.
Kerry TD Jackie Healy-Rae cost the Irish people €14,142 for every word he spoke in the Dáil this year. Now there’s some food for thought when you’re heading to the polling station early next year.

The tight-lipped ten include:

Bertie Ahern (0)
Jackie Healy-Rae (1)
Michael Woods (1)
Christy O’Sullivan (2)
Eamon Scanlon (3)
Dr Rory O’Hanlon (3)
Tom Kitt (3)
Noel Grealish (3)
Michael Fitzpatrick (3)
Michael Lowry (3)


I never heard of Michael Fitzpatrick either. Elected in North Kildare in 2007. Seems his claim to fame is that he was


Constituency Advisor to Minister for Finance Charlie McCreevy for 15 years

[Slim Buddha]

I see you that and raise you Connaughton


http://www.paulconnaughton.finegael.ie/

At least Connaughton got out of his constituency. Cregan can't seem to escape a tiny village in the middle of nowhere

[Hapax]

At least Connaughton got out of his constituency. Cregan can't seem to escape a tiny village in the middle of nowhere

Understandable, surely, given the glory of that particular village:

"Have you been to Drumcollogher?
You haven't, well now I declare
Just wait till you've been to Drumcollogher
And see what a fine place we have there
O there's only one street in Drumcollogher
But O what a glory to see
You can yalk til you're dumb
But give me your Drum
For Drum is the place for me . . . "

http://bit.ly/h3MCYX

[Slim Buddha]

Understandable, surely, given the glory of that particular village:

"Have you been to Drumcollogher?
You haven't, well now I declare
Just wait till you've been to Drumcollogher
And see what a fine place we have there
O there's only one street in Drumcollogher
But O what a glory to see
You can yalk til you're dumb
But give me your Drum
For Drum is the place for me . . . "

http://bit.ly/h3MCYX



Was this written by John Cregan TD by any chance? :)

[Spectabilis]

My nomination is for, ah , yer man,.. y'know the fella.. the quare fella, ah y'know who I mean...ah.....No, dunno the constituency. What did he ever say? Nuthin. Ah y'know who I mean... He turned up at the funeral, him. Yeah.

[antiestablishmentarian]

My nomination is for, ah , yer man,.. y'know the fella.. the quare fella, ah y'know who I mean...ah.....No, dunno the constituency. What did he ever say? Nuthin. Ah y'know who I mean... He turned up at the funeral, him. Yeah.

That pretty much encapsulates every TD in this thread :D Btw Cactus, when is that poll going to go up?

[C. Flower]

Delayed for a day to give the "religion and education" poll a day's grace :)

[Slim Buddha]

I sense a head of steam (how exactly do you measure hot air?) building under John Cregan TD. The Voice of Dromcolligher!!!

[Slim Buddha]

It seems we have not found an adequate mechanism whereby we can we can select a public representative who, by definition, shuns any kind of media attention. Usually with politicians, it is a case of trying to deny them the oxygen of free publicity. In this case, the candidates are "successful" despite their being virtually unknown outside their own local area.

I see Fianna Fail have changed the profile of John Cregan TD on the FF website to "Page Not Found" which enhances his anonymity even further.

[antiestablishmentarian]

It seems we have not found an adequate mechanism whereby we can we can select a public representative who, by definition, shuns any kind of media attention. Usually with politicians, it is a case of trying to deny them the oxygen of free publicity. In this case, the candidates are "successful" despite their being virtually unknown outside their own local area.

I see Fianna Fail have changed the profile of John Cregan TD on the FF website to "Page Not Found" which enhances his anonymity even further.

Well I think this is rapidly becoming an exercise in futility: the amount of FF TDs I'd never heard of who were interviewed last night was amazing. Charlie O'Connor anyone?

[C. Flower]

Final list for checking before the Poll goes up - I've eliminated a couple of people I'd very definitely heard of, and maybe even seen, and added a couple

Michael Moynihan
Christy O'Sullivan
Eamon Scanlon
Mary Wallace
Cyprian Brady
Paul Connaughton
Ulick Burke
John Cregan

[Baron von Biffo]

Well I think this is rapidly becoming an exercise in futility: the amount of FF TDs I'd never heard of who were interviewed last night was amazing. Charlie O'Connor anyone?

You may have heard of O'Connor as Mr. Tallaght or even Mr. Talla.

[Baron von Biffo]

Final list for checking before the Poll goes up - I've eliminated a couple of people I'd very definitely heard of, and maybe even seen, and added a couple

Michael Moynihan
Christy O'Sullivan
Eamon Scanlon
Mary Wallace
Cyprian Brady
Paul Connaughton
Ulick Burke
John Cregan

Should Brady really be on there? Everyone in the country knows about the man who got elected to the Dail despite not getting a No.1 from anyone outside his blood relations.

[C. Flower]

Will the list do, Baron von B ? I'm thinking about how the vote should work. One vote per person, to be used on the most obscure TD, or multiple votes, to be awarded to those one has heard of...

[C. Flower]

Should Brady really be on there? Everyone in the country knows about the man who got elected to the Dail despite not getting a No.1 from anyone outside his blood relations.

It's an honorary mention - and given the keen interest he's shown in the proceedings, it would seem harsh to leave him out.

[antiestablishmentarian]

You may have heard of O'Connor as Mr. Tallaght or even Mr. Talla.

:confused: :D

[Baron von Biffo]

Will the list do, Baron von B ? I'm thinking about how the vote should work. One vote per person, to be used on the most obscure TD, or multiple votes, to be awarded to those one has heard of...

In the best traditions of Irish democracy you'll have to make provision for the graveyard vote. :)

[Baron von Biffo]

:confused:

Deputy O'Connor is regarded in some circles as being biased towards the local rather than the national in the discharge of his public duties.

[antiestablishmentarian]

Deputy O'Connor is regarded in some circles as being biased towards the local rather than the national in the discharge of his public duties.

Surprising trait in a FF representative don't you think :rolleyes:

[Slim Buddha]

Regardless of who wins this accolade, the motley bunch of non-entities uncovered by this trawl through the seabed of the Dail in themselves constitute a powerful argument for a meaningful reduction in the number of TDs we need.

[Gruffalo]

I've just looked up the TD's for my constituency, Laois-Offaly. Who the hell is Seán Fleming?

[Gruffalo]

I dont know anything about Fleming but a quick search shows that his son is anything but anonymous:


A TD's son has been given 18 months behind bars for a litany of offences including stoning a priest's horse until it was cut and bruised, assault and indecency at a golf club.

The teen, 18-year-old Peter Fleming is the only child of Laois TD, Sean Fleming.

The Fianna Fail politician has publicly apologised on behalf of the Fleming family, saying: "I am truly sorry and the family is very sorry for all the difficulties Peter caused to a lot of people along the way."

http://www.herald.ie/national-news/tds-teenage-son-is-jailed-for-18-months-over-reign-of-terror-1480702.html

I shouldn't laugh at the bit in bold but I just cannot help it.

[Slim Buddha]

Fleming was something of a money man in FF looking after party accounts or something like that. I have heard of him before in this context. When I say money man, I mean accountant and not a "bagman".

[C. Flower]

The Poll is up - you have multiple votes and are asked to vote for anyone you've never heard of. :)

[Gloster Gladiator]

Christy O'Connor gets my vote, only because he's the one I've MOST not heard of.

[Edo]

Christy O'Connor gets my vote, only because he's the one I've MOST not heard of.

Christy O'Connor is a golfer!

tis telling that all the nominees are FF/FG - quelle surprise there I suppose

Fail to see the purpose of this thread or poll TBH - obviously enough people know about them or they wouldn't have been elected in the first place

[C. Flower]

Christy O'Connor is a golfer!

tis telling that all the nominees are FF/FG - quelle surprise there I suppose

Fail to see the purpose of this thread or poll TBH - obviously enough people know about them or they wouldn't have been elected in the first place

It's a fatally flawed project - in probability there are several overlooked because they operate completely invisibly and we've completely missed them.

Perhaps it's harder to hide in a smaller Parliamentary Party.

[Edo]

It's a fatally flawed project - in probability there are several overlooked because they operate completely invisibly and we've completely missed them.

Perhaps it's harder to hide in a smaller Parliamentary Party.

True - if you arent a minister or front-bench spokesperson in the larger parties - you do not have much of a profile in the national media.

in the smaller parties - they barely have enough members to have spokespersons for seperate topics. - also if you are an attention-seeker,contraversial (Creighton,McGuinness, Snoddy) etc etc),independents with the Gov over a barrel( the Leprauchaun and lowry) or just nuts (Gogarty)
it is easier to have a profile too than those who might be good legislators or TDs in the truest sense (messengers to the dail from their constituents...not legislators....more go betweens)....

For example - MJ nolan was mentioned - a real back bencher - but down here in Carlow a good 8-10,000 gave him a 1st preference at every election since 1987 and everybody knows him -


How do you quantify anonymous? - all depends where you are standing doesn't it - I'd be scratchin me head trying to think of anything Martin Ferris said since 2007 - likewise I'd have a hard job picking half the labour PP out of a suspect-line up - i suppose you automatically are clued in to those who matter to you.

[C. Flower]

True - if you arent a minister or front-bench spokesperson in the larger parties - you do not have much of a profile in the national media.

in the smaller parties - they barely have enough members to have spokespersons for seperate topics. - also if you are an attention-seeker,contraversial (Creighton,McGuinness, Snoddy) etc etc),independents with the Gov over a barrel( the Leprauchaun and lowry) or just nuts (Gogarty)
it is easier to have a profile too than those who might be good legislators or TDs in the truest sense (messengers to the dail from their constituents...not legislators....more go betweens)....

For example - MJ nolan was mentioned - a real back bencher - but down here in Carlow a good 8-10,000 gave him a 1st preference at every election since 1987 and everybody knows him -


How do you quantify anonymous? - all depends where you are standing doesn't it - I'd be scratchin me head trying to think of anything Martin Ferris said since 2007 - likewise I'd have a hard job picking half the labour PP out of a suspect-line up - i suppose you automatically are clued in to those who matter to you.

There are subjectivies and loyalties that make people more visible. But hopefully enough people will vote to iron those vagaries out. In the meantime, he / she who dares, wins. Cyprian Brady was first out the trap, looking for first preferences :) on the back of his nomination here.

A good personal campaign, even a late one, might save a person from ignominious victory in this poll.

Labour certainly can produce very self effacing individuals. Whoever had heard of Seamus Pattison before he got the Chair of the Daíl ?

[Gloster Gladiator]

Christy O'Connor is a golfer!

I rest my case. I couldn't even remember his name for twenty seconds.

[Kid Ryder]

Christy O'Connor gets my vote, only because he's the one I've MOST not heard of.

Same as, and he's from a constituency near where I live.

[Captain Con O'Sullivan]

Bertie Ahern. For a man with a 100% Dail attendance record he doesn't really say much these days;)

[Ah Well]

a A late entry..................... I was racking my brain for days trying to remember him but finally it has come to me as if in a fog................Michael Moynihan! I thought I was doing well nominating John Cregan but it seems he is to well known ;)

But Moynihan is in a class of his own, almost. Amazingly he is entering his 14th year in the Dail

Hah .... a man from Cork North West ... as in the North West of CNW Constituency ... heading towards the Kerry Border ... a place where FF tribalism is alive and well and still is ...

CNW is a Constituency where the prospect of a FFer not being returned is ... well ... just unthinkable ... if FF fail to secure a seat in this 3 Seater then their meltdown is truly complete

I presume some of these self same tribalists were responsible for applauding Ahern on their trip to the big smoke courtesy of Moynihan some time back

http://www.politicalworld.org/showthread.php?t=5768

Maybe I'm the only one on pworg who knows anything about Moynihan - what a sobering thought ;):p

[Slim Buddha]

Hah .... a man from Cork North West ... as in the North West of CNW Constituency ... heading towards the Kerry Border ... a place where FF tribalism is alive and well and still is ...

CNW is a Constituency where the prospect of a FFer not being returned is ... well ... just unthinkable ... if FF fail to secure a seat in this 3 Seater then their meltdown is truly complete

I presume some of these self same tribalists were responsible for applauding Ahern on their trip to the big smoke courtesy of Moynihan some time back

http://www.politicalworld.org/showthread.php?t=5768

Maybe I'm the only one on pworg who knows anything about Moynihan - what a sobering thought ;):p


I have heard of him mainly because he his the chairman of some all-party committee on financial regulation and given that financial regulation, or the lack of it, is why we are where we are, he is not completely unknown to me in a way that John Cregan TD is.

[antiestablishmentarian]

There's some tight competitition at present between Christy O'Sullivan (whoever he is) and John Cregan. Poor old Cyprian just aint in the running at all.

[PaddyJoe]

There's some tight competitition at present between Christy O'Sullivan (whoever he is) and John Cregan. Poor old Cyprian just aint in the running at all.

Christy O'Sullivan made page five of the Examiner today alongside Noel O'Flynn in a story on Cork back benchers supporting Micheal Martin. There's even an election poster type mugshot where he looks as anodyne as it is possible for anyone to be.
I'm swayed in one direction by the fact that he made it to page 5 of the Examiner but the photo clinches it. He could have safely chosen a career as a master criminal in the certain knowledge that no one would ever pick him out in a police lineup.

[Gruffalo]

I voted for the Ulick fella (it is a man?) simply because with a name like that I would remember if I had heard of him before and I haven't.

[Ah Well]

Christy O'Sullivan made page five of the Examiner today alongside Noel O'Flynn in a story on Cork back benchers supporting Micheal Martin. There's even an election poster type mugshot where he looks as anodyne as it is possible for anyone to be.
I'm swayed in one direction by the fact that he made it to page 5 of the Examiner but the photo clinches it. He could have safely chosen a career as a master criminal in the certain knowledge that no one would ever pick him out in a police lineup.

Christy originally ran as an Indo but signed in blood with FF in 2007, got the party ticket for the Elections that year and topped the Poll for FF in Cork South West

http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=4765

Capt Con will be delighted to hear that upon Christy being elected to the Dáil in 2007 his son Christopher O'Sullivan FF was co-opted to fill his Council Seat, Cork County Council, Skibbereen Electoral Area ... serving the people of Skib without being even elected ... nice work if ya can get it ...

http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=8919

[wickedfairy]

just saw a td called charlie o'connor on tonight sticking up for cowen. Dont ever recall seeing him before or is it because i have woken from a long sleep?

[Slim Buddha]

just saw a td called charlie o'connor on tonight sticking up for cowen. Dont ever recall ever seeing him before or is it because i have woken from a long sleep?

You may have nodded off for a while because deppitty O'Connor has been a deppitty for the Tallaght area (DSW) for a while now but, given he shares a constituency with the Kebab sultan, he has been very much FFs second fiddle there.

[Andrew49]

One of my favourite anonymous TDs is Brendan Smith(Cavan/Monaghan) who of course is also the Minister for Agriculture. He managed to come to public attention twice in this Dail: first with the pork scare in December 2008 and later with 'free cheese' last year.
He had an unforgettable The Week in Politics when Sean O'Rourke asked him about Irish bond yields and he took refuge in quoting Kells Mart prices:D

A Classic Political Moment - and the only time [EVER] my jaw dropped in astonishment!

Definitely on the way to the top ... of what I have no idea!..

[Kev Bar]

It would have to be Enda Kenny who's been locked away in his bunker in Tora Bora Mayo for over a month now.o

Enda who?

[antiestablishmentarian]

Just a question, what's the prize for the winner of this competition? Perhaps we could send them a certificate, and invite the papers to a conferral ceremony. I'm sure CFlower won't mind defraying the expenses...

[C. Flower]

Just a question, what's the prize for the winner of this competition? Perhaps we could send them a certificate, and invite the papers to a conferral ceremony. I'm sure CFlower won't mind defraying the expenses...

Some kind of an inscribed plaque, to be delivered, anonymously :cool:

[antiestablishmentarian]

Some kind of an inscribed plaque, to be delivered, anonymously :cool:

Very apt :D. As of now, Christy (o'?) Sullivan is ahead, so an inscribed plaque owuld need to be sent to wherever it is Mr (o'?) Sullivan comes from.

[Baron von Biffo]

Some kind of an inscribed plaque, to be delivered, anonymously :cool:

Propelled from the window of a fast moving car towards the head of the winner. :)

[antiestablishmentarian]

I've found this (this), perhaps another competitition would be to read it and see who can recognise the most TDs: at least 3/4s are nameless non-entities

[C. Flower]

The Poll is ticking along nicely. I'd like to get it up to about 200 votes, so if anyone would link it to their Face Book Page or tweet it, that would help us get it over the bar.

[ang]

I've just found out that John Cregan is actually Deputy Chief Whip kept that very quiet he is also a teller.

[Slim Buddha]

Well, are we close to declaring a winner ? Are we about to catapult Ireland's most politically moribund area (West Limerick) into the limelight? Is John Cregan about to lose the cloak of anonymity?

[C. Flower]

Result!

129 votes were cast by 47 people and the result is as follows:

In order of Anonymity:

1. John Cregan
2. Eamon Scanlon
3. Christy O'Sullivan.

Cyprian Brady... ?
Nowhere.