Political Darwin Awards

The Darwin Awards are a satirical award system to "honor people who ensure the long-term survival of the human race by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion".

The forthcoming elections have offered up some gems in shortsighted behavior. Highlights to date include;

Cllr Annette Spillane a independent councillor in Cork City who when filling out her nomination form managed to write in the wrong Ward that she wanted to run in. Instead of running in the Cork City North East Ward, where she was elected in 2004 she wrote in Cork North Central. A different ward where she wouldn't have ever delivered a leaflet or knocked on the doors over the past five years.

Elizabeth Davidson, an ex work colleague of mine and a very capable and articulate representative of the Green Party, managed under some pressure from Pat Kenny on his RTE Radio Show to claim that Gas was a green energy. Pat helpfully pointed out to her that its a fossil fuel.

John Clare a former FF candidate in the 1999 and 2004 local elections in Donaghmede who is using his old Fianna Fáil posters with the logo covered with a small piece of paper sellotaped on. In this weather it will be only a few days before his posters just look like generic FF ones blowing his "independent" status.

Me for not paying my website bill which has been hijacked by some Ukrainian tech nerd and held for a €2k ransom.

Add Friday 22nd May
Former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Dermot Lacey who wrote a response to a woman in Sandymount who teasingly noted the amount of make up he seemed to be wearing in his election poster to one of his door canvassers. The woman's reaction to the letter was one of "has he nothing better to be doing" and she's reassessing her initial intention to vote for Dermo! Oh and having a laugh about his vanity with all her well heeled neighbors in Dublin 4.