Jimmy Walsh stands at the entrance of Kilcullen cattle mart, ushering cows in and out of sorting pens while helping farmers unload their trailers.
Walsh, aged in his early 70s, is the manager of the Co Kildare mart where cattle are bought and sold inside the bull ring weekly.
Farmers shake hands and pat each other’s backs as the strong smell of cow manure lingers in the air on this crisp October morning.
“Anyone you talk to here is going to be a Fine Gael supporter,” says Walsh in relation to the upcoming presidential election.
Fine Gael has traditionally been seen as the farmer’s party of choice with Martin Heydon a poll topper in the Kildare South constituency, where Kilcullen is situate
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