Sean O'Riordan on the Canvass: Pundits predictions that two sitting Cork North West TDs over the line

Pistols at dawn between a young pretender and a seasoned veteran, both trying to deal with irate stationary sellers and farmers, those giving out about public transport deficiencies and communities worried about rural decline.

This is the political landscape in the Cork North West constituency where the only real game in town is the OK Corral-style shootout between a veteran TD with 23-years unbroken Dáil service and a younger man intent on taking his seat.