Mick Clifford: Mid-term results suggest nobody knows exactly what they want

The country was gearing up for a swing to the right through a slew of political entrepreneurs preaching intolerance towards asylum seekers, yet there was no harvest

In the wake of the election results, politicians must be asking what exactly voters want, writes Mick Clifford.

The legendary screenwriter William Goldman once noted that nobody in Hollywood knows anything. He could have been talking about the Irish electorate in its current manifestation.

Mr Goldman was referencing the inability of movie moguls to predict what kind of picture will make money.