Fine Gael row erupts in Wexford amid claim of ‘old boys’ club’ favouring one candidate

It’s just a question of which minor group is going to be the group that supports the government this time,

said Eoin O’Malley, a political scientist at Dublin City University

By voting for an Independent you’re not changing the government, and that’s the reality. A lot of people know that hand on heart. There are also people out there who don’t support Sinn Féin but definitely don’t want Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in government. We are saying to them, we understand you may not be Sinn Féin voters but you want Fianna Fáil out, so lend us your vote.”