Gráinne Seoige wants a Dáíl seat with Fianna Fáil. Photo: Gerry Mooney
Here’s a good pub quiz question, with the additional merit of having a moral. In June 2009 there were two by-elections in Dublin: in Dublin South, RTÉ economics editor George Lee was elected for Fine Gael by 17,000 votes; in the other, the party’s candidate was resoundingly defeated. Who was he?
The answer, of course, is our beloved Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe, beaten for the second time 15 years ago, on that occasion by Maureen O’Sullivan in Dublin Central (where the second runner-up was future Labour leader Ivana Bacik).
