If elected, Leo, you’ll need to be more than taoiseach for early risers

Set out to break down barriers. Not the trendy ones, but the really insurmountable barriers, says Fergus Finlay.

I HOPE you’ll forgive the familiarity. “Is mise Leo”, is what it says on the home page of your campaign website, so I’m assuming you won’t object to being addressed, at least for now, by your first name. It’s looking very much as if we’re going to address you as Taoiseach in a few weeks’ time, barring an accident or a scandal.

And as you know, anything is possible in an Irish election – just think back to our last presidential election, and you’ll know that it’s never over ’til it’s over. But the way the numbers are stacking up now, you look to be in an unbeatable position.