The south Dublin Fianna Fáil faithful, armed with cable ties and ladders, dutifully set out to hang posters for their presidential candidate Jim Gavin on September 24th. Hanging election posters is dull and menial work, the kind only done from pure loyalty. But the dedicated local volunteers managed to dominate the prime real estate of lamp-posts all along the busy Mespil Road beside the canal, with the former Dublin football manager’s face dominating the street.
Exactly one week on from Gavin’s departure and the collapse of Fianna Fáil’s first presidential campaign in almo
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