Constituency profile: Cork South Central

In any election, there are always a handful of constituencies where it is inevitable that some high-profile blood will be left on the floor.

And in general election 2016, Cork South Central is a nailed-on certainty for the bloodbath list.

Due to controversial boundary changes, five sitting TDs — a Government minister with eyes on being a future Taoiseach, the opposition leader, an opposition finance spokesman, the chair of the bank inquiry, and one of the chief proponents of the coalition’s marriage equality campaign — are battling for just four Dáil positions in the sprawling Cork locality.