‘I’ll get a seat this time bar a mistake’

NIALL Ó BROLCHÁIN is confident, exceedingly so.

It is, of course, in the nature of politicians to be bullish about their electoral prospects. But Ó Brolcháin is more than bullish. He is absolutely convinced that when the votes are counted after polling day, he’ll have won a seat in the Galway West constituency.

This is his second tilt at the Dáil. On the first occasion, in 2002, he polled a reasonably impressive 2,193 first-preference votes, but was eliminated on the 14th count.