THE intriguing battleground that is the Kerry South constituency is likely go right down to the wire but it looks as if the death knell could be about to sound for two of the country’s high-profile political dynasties.

SEVERAL years ago, just minutes after he had been surprisingly eliminated from a general election race in Kerry South, a disgruntled Fine Gael politician was approached by a young reporter at the count centre in Killarney’s old town hall and asked for his reaction.