David Davin-Power: Fine Gael managing dwindling expectations

If he was a man under pressure, Leo Varadkar wasn’t showing it during a leisurely visit to St Joseph’s College in the Dublin suburb of Lucan.

Polls might suggest that he’s on his way out of office, and that his party could find itself in third place on Saturday, but the Taoiseach found time to chat with the Sixth Year politics class in Dublin Mid West, fielding questions on gender issues, disability, climate change, and — inevitably — the prospects of a long-promised extension for the school.