Fionnán Sheahan

But Gerry Hutch is interesting because he has been a lot more vocal.

He was at the meeting last night with all, at least, I think, pretty much all the other candidates in Dublin Central about S&As and the level of service there that was held in the north inner city.

He's been putting up posters, he's put leaflets through doors, even though he said he wouldn't.

The slogan is PPP.

It's his own public-private partnership.

It's practical, purposeful, people first.

One, because...

The campaign hasn't really kind of sparked into life yet.

And despite what Mary Lou McDonald said the other night to us that, you know, this is a cost of living election.

And to a certain extent, she's not wrong.

It's the big issue of the day.

But like, is that something that's going to be completely dominant because how much they can one TD in the Dáil impact, say, government policy?

Obviously, if it's government TD, you can.

But I think for the simple fact that Gerry Hutch came out with something inflammatory, they had to react, in part because we, the media, reacted.

That can't be discounted.

Are you going to see a little bit of, if this continues, that the parties will just go, no, we're not going to engage with this guy?

Mary Lou McDonald said the other day, we can't comment on someone else's comments, having just commented on someone else's comments.

Yeah, I think, well, part of it, I don't think Fine Fáil or Fine Gael have said a huge amount, firstly.

And I think Fine Gael, I think Ray McAdam has so far played the Pascal Donoghue character.

Remember, it was Pascal as well in the lead-up to The General who...