I’ve been disappointed with some of the count centre camera work around the country.
Slow to pinpoint where the celebrations are emanating from and the moment has often passed by the time they belatedly get the camera on the wildly yahooing, victorious candidate.
These camera operatives and researchers should be well aware of who’s about to be elected.
Again, unfortunately, it’s an anti-Sinn Féin conspiracy (cc @tallback) in the coverage.
The election officer in Tipp there used to be a solicitor in Galway with Berwick. He’s putting on a brave face, it was the outgoing minister for justice who appointed him a judge in Clonmel
As you’ve alluded to, he’s lost and regained his seat once already (like his auld lad before him) so he’ll probably want to have another go. But Hegarty there to consider now too.
@TreatyStones re your comment about water cooler chat in Dublin offices this morning, in my place we’ve had chat about us all having to emigrate because of SF’s tax proposals and someone saying we won’t have any trade deal with America any more as that’s a country that doesn’t deal with terrorists.