{"id":452068,"date":"2026-05-16T14:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/452068\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T14:52:10","slug":"bohs-fans-take-left-wing-positions-on-dublin-central-byelection-candidates-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/452068\/","title":{"rendered":"Bohs fans take left-wing positions on Dublin Central byelection candidates \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Affordable housing was the top concern of young byelection<\/a> voters heading into Dalymount Park, in the heart of the Dublin Central constituency<\/a>, on Friday evening, as Bohemians<\/a> took on Drogheda United<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Byelections will be held in Dublin Central and Galway West constituencies on Friday to fill the seats vacated of former minister for finance Pascal Donohoe and President Catherine Connolly.<\/p>\n

Shane O\u2019Mahoney (30), who lives in Smithfield, said he will be giving his first preference to People Before Profit Solidarity candidate Eoghan \u00d3 Ceannabh\u00e1in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a left-leaning person, so I will be voting that way,\u201d the civil servant said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t agree with the way the country\u2019s being run. I think the sort of macro issues like neutrality and stuff like that, I don\u2019t agree with a lot of the decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BohemiansBohemians fan Robert Finn is undecided on who he will vote for in the Dublin Central byelection. Photograph: Enda O’Dowd <\/p>\n

Robert Finn, who has lived in Glasnevin for the past year, remains undecided on who he will vote for. Typically, the 30-year old said, he votes \u201cfor the candidate, as opposed to the party\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said Independent candidate Gerard Hutch is \u201cwell within his rights to run\u201d, but added: \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to get in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Orla Mulligan and Ciaran Carr have lived in Dublin Central for the past two years, and reside in Stoneybatter.<\/p>\n

Aged in their early 30s, both said affordable housing and \u201cdecent renting options\u201d are concerns to locals, with Carr saying the couple currently have \u201cno aspiration of owning a home\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said \u201cthings have gotten worse\u201d since the general election and asked \u201cwhat are they [the Government] doing for us?\u201d<\/p>\n

Carr said he would usually vote based on ideology, adding there is \u201ca couple of strong left-wing candidates\u201d.<\/p>\n

An Irish Times\/TG4-Ipsos B&A poll on Dublin Central, published earlier this week, showed Sinn F\u00e9in candidate Janice Boylan in the lead on 21 per cent of first-preference votes, followed by Daniel Ennis of the Social Democrats on 18 per cent and Hutch on 14 per cent.<\/p>\n

At the other end, Fianna F\u00e1il candidate John Stephens polled 4 per cent and \u00d3 Ceannabh\u00e1in, at the bottom, had 3 per cent.<\/p>\n

Carr said he believed Boylan or Ennis were \u201cthe best of what\u2019s going\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"OdinOdin O\u2019Sullivan: ‘I would imagine there won\u2019t be a huge amount of love for the Government in this byelection.’ Photograph : Enda O’Dowd <\/p>\n

Odin O\u2019Sullivan, an academic, lived in the constituency for four or five years but has since moved to Rathmines. The 27-year-old said the cost of living, dereliction and housing are issues.<\/p>\n

He said he usually votes for People Before Profit Solidarity and would like to see \u00d3 Ceannabh\u00e1in take the seat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that they\u2019re the strongest on issues like dereliction,\u201d he said, adding that \u00d3 Ceannabh\u00e1in was strong on culture \u201cwhich is getting priced out with this cost of living\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said Hutch is \u201canswering a particular kind of distrust\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that there\u2019s a lot of people in the north inner city, in particular, who are looking at these established parties and going: \u2018Well, you have done nothing for me\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

If O\u2019Sullivan was still living in the constituency, he would not vote for Hutch but understands the \u201ckind of appeal\u201d of someone like could have.<\/p>\n

He thinks the recent fuel protests will have some impact on results. \u201cI would imagine there won\u2019t be a huge amount of love for the Government in this byelection.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simon Crowney, who lives in Rathfarnham, said he would not vote for Hutch if he was in the constituency and does not believe he should be allowed to run in the byelection.<\/p>\n

\"BohemiansBohemians fan Adam Hough: expects Daniel Ennis of the Social Democrats to win the byelection. Photograph: Enda O’Dowd <\/p>\n

Adam Hough, aged 30, lives in Ashtown which is not in the constituency, but said: \u201cDaniel Ennis seems like a good skin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen a bit of [Green Party candidate] Janet Horner as well and I like her. The Green Party kind of has to rebuild now, but if there\u2019s people like that who seem like decent candidates, I think they might have a shot of that.\u201d <\/p>\n

Hough, who works in finance, expects Ennis to take the seat based on \u201ctransfers from other left wing parties\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Affordable housing was the top concern of young byelection voters heading into Dalymount Park, in the heart of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[190511,85377,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-452068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-byelection","tag-dublin-central-constituency","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}