Constituency profile: Dublin West

Make no mistake, Tánaiste and Labour leader Joan Burton is in the fight of her political life in Dublin West. And the similarity between her party’s fall from grace in the constituency and Fianna Fáil’s in 2011 is clear for all to see.

In 2011, Ms Burton comfortably topped the poll on the first count, much like the late Fianna Fáil TD in the area Brian Lenihan achieved in 2007.

However, after one Dáil round of tough austerity measures, in 2016 the Labour leader is genuinely struggling to retain her position, again much like Mr Lenihan in 2011.