As goes Prosperous, so goes Ireland?
As for Fianna Fáil? Well, they’ve just plain made a mess of it.
Cairns, like other party leaders (including, this time, Michael Collins) has the disadvantage of being unable to devote herself full-time to the constituency.
Stephen Donnelly status: Sweating.
The only question of interest is whether the second Healy-Rae seat, in the possession of Danny, is at risk.
Paul McAuliffe won this seat for Fianna Fáil in 2020 with just under 4,000 votes. Pepper and other candidates like him won almost three thousand in the Cabra-Glasnevin ward alone in the local elections.
The retirement from politics at the upcoming election of Eamon O’Cuiv will mark the departure of the last member of the DeValera family from the Oireachtas.
At every single one of the general elections since 1981, the people of Cork North West have elected either a Moynihan, representing Fianna Fáil, or a Creed representing Fine Gael.
Given the lie of the land, everything here favours Fianna Fáil’s chances of picking up an extra seat.
In Dublin Bay South, big beasts will do battle – and one or more must lose.