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It was a very smart move by Eamon Gilmore to declare himself as a contender for the position of taoiseach. This caught Fine Gael on the hop and led to the largest surge in the opinion polls that Labour has ever had.

IT HAS been said that contemporary Irish fiction writers tend to attack the past with relish - the Ireland of Christian Brothers and cowsheds and dark family secrets - but to be a little too gentle with the present.