Fionnán Sheahan

They had the local candidate and they had the outside candidate and people went with the local candidate and so be it.

If not the lowest, one of the lowest first preference votes of any sitting TD in the last general elections.

It doesn't augur well that the Labour Party are going to be, but there is nonetheless, there's a good strong, what we'd call soft left vote in this constituency.

So whoever comes out on top of that between Sockdems, Labour, Greens will be in contention.

What about Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael then?

Yeah, to what a view to next time, because...

For the last couple of elections, there has been a seat there between them.

What of Fianna Fáil, though, John?

I mean, this is Bertie Ahern's one-time stronghold.

Mary Fitzpatrick, who has lost the last five attempts to get elected here, is not running this time.

John Stevens, councillor, kind of remnant of the old Ahern family.

Drum Condor Mafia is the flag bearer.

Any chance?

No.

Yeah, full stop.

Aisling, just talk about one other anti-establishment candidate, and that's Malachy Steenson.

Didn't do fantastically, but does have a profile within the constituency.

He's been around a long time and he's got quite a spectrum of political views over the years, but he has been associated with anti-immigration protests in recent times.

Any chance of him getting in the mix?

You have to get half of the voters, and the turnout will be low, but half the voters, one way or another, have to...