LOOKING across at the ranks of government TDs reinforced the message sent by the people on February 25 last. It was not just the number of them that struck me, but rather their youth and freshness, a youth and freshness not reflected in the formation

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my brilliant campaign team and everybody who voted for me and ensured my re-election as a TD for Limerick City – it is a huge honour. I also want to say a big thank you to everyone who

Tomorrow the voters of Limerick will decide who is best to represent them in the Dáil. I hope my track record of hard work for Limerick shows that I am worthy of that honour. Please give me your No. 1 vote to allow me to

Monday Feb 14 Valentine’s Day, and while my path is not strewn with rose petals, the welcome on the doors around Mungret is good until mid-afternoon, when I detect a sudden frostiness. Maybe frostiness is putting it too strong, but people do seem surprised to

Monday Feb 7: Still trying to decide if the constituency poll in yesterday’s Sunday Independent showing myself and Michael Noonan ahead of the rest is a help or a hindrance. One of the oldest political tricks in the book is for another candidate to corner

Monday Feb 1 If you had asked me three weeks ago where I thought I’d be spending the Monday of the first week of the campaign, I’d have probably said: Thomondgate, Moyross or Ballinacurra. It did not involve travelling to a front-bench meeting in Dublin.