Dearbhail MacDonald

Testing of public opinion, but also testing of, you know, candidates.

Just, you know, Helen Ogbue was doing very, very well.

The Green Party's Janet Horner in Dublin, and it's from these battles that future political stars are made.

It also explains, but in the presidential... Was it unfair, in a sense, poor John Stevens having to take up the mantle in Dublin Central?

And what about, you know, there's a lot of sort of predictions of doom and gloom, but you look back to Dublin Bay South, you know, which was, you know, fairly catastrophic for Fianna Fáil in the past and in a by-election context, and then they can seek to overcome that.

Do you think there are, or will Micheál Martin really be looking at his wounds this morning?

Gillian Sherrod, it wasn't Sinn Féin's day yesterday.

I think Mayor Liam McDonnell said she's on the pitch when it's going well and she's also on the pitch when they don't win the trophy.

Disappointing in Dublin Central?

And what about Galway West?

Obviously, I think you were writing about it.

You would have had that had you been selected to run, having seen the campaign on the ground.

I know you're obviously a member of Shane Fian.

Would you be tempted to run again?

So, you know, Sinn Féin do face this kind of... Do you think they might steal a march on the middle class votes that Sinn Féin appeared to have been chasing?

Gerard, in both constituencies, did Sinn Féin run the right candidate?

One of our listeners asked, Gerard, do these election results suggest that a combined Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael candidate would do better and is now the time for the parties to coalesce?

And the tide is turning as discontent has a choice of homes.

That is the headline actually above Matthew Fenlon's piece in, I think it's in the Irish Mail on Sunday.

And just what you were sort of picking up on earlier, is that what the transfers are suggesting and some of the...