No beating about the bush as Kate O'Connell and Lucinda Creighton do battle for a seat

Eamon Ryan and Eoghan Murphy mix-up could see interesting poll results, writes Caroline O’Doherty

The bare-legged man appears at the door on the kind of night when the daffodils regret their early arrival, his frosty glare matching conditions outside.

“You got me out of bed and you walked away,” he scolds the candidate crunching the gravel halfway down his driveway.