This country ain’t big enough for two parties who hate Michael McDowell

LOOK behind you Enda — you never know who’s creeping up on your back.

The pavement of fashionable Dawson Street in Dublin, around the corner from Leinster House, was blocked solid yesterday with an unlikely coalition of Blueshirts and Shinners on the hustings.

Despite Fine Gael and Sinn Féin being on opposite sides of the political spectrum, the parties were distinctly cordial during their brief encounter.