Cónal Thomas

And it's such a turnaround from that time.

In my analysis of this, Conal, I think that vote's gone.

I think it may have been a Fianna Fáil vote back in the Fianna Fáil heyday.

It may have also been a Bertie vote.

And I think those people have moved on.

I dare to say it, a lot of them may not even be in the constituency anymore.

Politics has moved on as well a lot from maybe that constituency-heavy, localised...

work that, you know, all politics is local, and particularly in Ireland, but I think Dublin Central is a bit of an odd one.

You have politicians with national profiles certainly featuring here.

You had Pascal Donoghue, for example.

You have Mary Lou MacDonald.

So, well, you had Pascal Donoghue, should I say.

So that's something that's featuring here, I suppose.

And it will be a very difficult task for Fianna Fáil to ever remedy this ailment that they're suffering in Dublin Central.

And the man that works in admissions in the Madder Hospital was not able to cure them this time.

Minister, I mean, I suppose we've had two political figures in the last week.

We've had former Taoiseach and Gerry Hutch, a candidate in Dublin Central, both raise immigration in that area.

It is obviously a pronounced problem in Dublin Central, in that area we have an over-concentration, and we've seen these controversies around IPAS centres and stuff.

I mean, so does it rankle, do you think, with the Irish public, that €1 billion spend on IPAS centres a year?

As you lead into what you're designing now, which is effectively a new migration strategy that will dictate...