Seanad campaigns fizzle out but revenge awaits

In fitting fashion, the Seanad referendum campaign ended in game playing and a wash-out.

As the grey autumnal rain tumbled down on a Taoiseach ridiculed by opponents for not being up to a TV debate, his handlers gave him something less taxing to deal with — putting a giant jigsaw piece in the one space left in an oversized puzzle.

It was the final cardboard prop of a cardboard campaign and, to be fair to Mr Kenny, he did manage to get the piece in the right slot at first attempt — well, after he nearly tripped over a keep-off-the grass rail, that is.