Posters for Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin were still hanging outside Leinster House in Dublin one day after he dropped out of contention. Photograph: Cillian Sherlock/PA Wire
Ain’t no yahoo like a local Fianna Fáil yahoo. To get a glimpse of it in the wild, we go now to Senator Joe Flaherty of Longford, who spent some time on Thursday afternoon telling Shannonside Radio of his voting intentions when polling day dawns.
“The unfortunate irony of it is that Jim Gavin is still on the ballot paper,” Flaherty said. “And alongside his name is Fianna Fáil. So I’ll be voting for Jim Gavin. If Jim Gavin was still in the field, I would have still been voting for Jim Gavin. And as a Fianna Fáil man, and with a clear conscience, I’ll still be voting for Jim Gavin.”
If you listen back, there’s a point about halfway through when Senator Flaherty starts to stutter, as if he is suddenly hearing himself in real time.
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