Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley

Fianna Fáil’s election spending filings recently lodged with SIPO (Standards in Public Office Commission) confirmed what we already knew: party headquarters favoured Gráinne Seoige over John Connolly in last year’s General Election in Galway West.

And we all know how that turned out. The party’s grassroots defied the unofficial diktat from on high and voted for the long-time card-carrying member of Fianna Fáil over the newcomer celebrity candidate who was parachuted in.

Still, the Irish Independent article, highlighting the significant differences in financial support that Fianna Fáil gave to broadcaster Seoige over the then City Councillor Connolly, was a reminder of how the Mount Street bigwigs were so out of touch........

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