The Irish left set for election surge?
You do get a sense that the next Irish general election, all bets are off. Sinn Fein misfortune last time our, over which some Dublin based journalists taunted them mercilessly after the last election, and Mark Hennessey’s ‘Tallaght effect’ (see link for reference) seem now to be in rapid reverse. The former feel good effect for taxi drivers and new mortgage holders has dissipated and feel good is now feel very bad indeed. So, according to Noel Whelan things are set …