Decision time for Skibb: National versus local interest

SO after three weeks of frenetic baby kissing, handshaking, leaders’ debates, sniping, blaming and promising, the rather under-whelming carnival that was General Election 2011 is grinding to a halt.

Since the campaign began, the Irish Examiner visited Skibbereen on three occasions to try and ascertain what people living in a typical Irish town felt about the campaign around them.

This week, everyone we spoke to had made up their minds about which way they were voting.