A left of centre look at the election

WELL, we may have admired the independent candidate in Laois-Offaly, John Bracken, for two things — his amazing head of hair and the fact that he had penned his own song.

But he has competition from none other than Nicky Kelly, the indomitable Labour candidate for Wicklow, who has gone one better.

One of his fans has penned a song for Kelly, who only lost by 19 votes the last time round. He was also convicted wrongly for the Sallins mail train robbery many years ago. Here’s a sample of the song: