Basking in the joy of being a political nerd

IN THE small hours of yesterday morning a giddy crowd of 250 gathered around televisions at the Lime Cafe Bar in Dún Laoghaire.

It was the Champions League Final and a Sky Sports Super Sunday bound up in the intrigue of a Big Brother elimination night.

But those of us transfixed to the CNN commentary did not arrive to cheer as football fans or reality television addicts.