Kenneth Egan rolls with the punches at Fine Gael unveiling

For a reformed party boy, you would have thought boxer Kenny Egan would be more choosy about parties these days.

But as Fine Gael trotted out the Olympic silver medallist to be their local election candidate on his South Dublin home turf, he only seemed to have the vaguest idea who the Blueshirts were or what they were about.

Asked why he was standing for Fine Gael, Mr Egan sort of shrugged and said: “It didn’t really matter what party it was to be honest.”