The presidential candidates have spoken, now the people will decide

SINN Féin will decide who the next President of Ireland will be.

And the irony is that it won’t be Martin McGuinness.

One has to assume that the latest three polls, all taken at much the same time and showing a remarkable consistency, are right. And what they say is very simple. This is a two-horse race that could well go right down to the wire. Right now it looks as if it will take the elimination of five candidates. The last one of those standing is likely to be Martin McGuinness, and it is his transfers that will decide the outcome.