Come Here To Me!

This is incredible listening. It’s a recent RTE radio documentary on the Tallaght dogfight between Conor Lenihan and Mr. Tallaght Charlie O’Connor, both running on the Fianna Fáil ticket in Dublin South West.

More than the dog fight between the two candidates however, it’s incredible to hear the reaction from people on the doors. It’s a level of anger that surely even the Soldiers of Destiny were surprised by. On Monday night, RTE will broadcast ‘The Naked Election’, a show following several politicians on the campaign trail. It will include two from the capital, namely Leo Varadkar of Fine Gael from Dublin West, and Paul Gogarty of the Greens from Dublin Mid West. If anything like this radio programme, fireworks can be expected. On the telly ad, Gogarty says that he is “..worn down from two years of abuse from people.”

If you have the 41 minutes to spare, give the radio documentary a click.

Mr. Tallaght. Photographed with Charlie O'Connor.