Gilmore can win the hearts and minds of the nation — but it won’t be easy

THAT was a powerful speech Eamonn Gilmore gave on Saturday night.

Brilliantly written, and delivered with both passion and conviction, it was one of the best of its kind I’ve ever heard.

I wasn’t at the party conference in Galway, but it had all the look of a party that was brimming with confidence, led by a man whose time may rapidly be approaching.