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The last two months have been an absolute blur.

All of April was spent preparing for my exams the last of which was on the 7th of May. From the 8th of May I was out pounding the pavement as much as possible. I’m now into my fourth and final week canvassing and althoughI’ve covered most of the town it is regrettable that there will be some areas that I just wont have the time to get to.

However on the upside by tonight I should have about 9 tenths of the town canvassed.

During the past four weeks we (my canvassers and I) have been freezing cold, soaking wet, bitten by dogs and for the past few days combating heat stroke! It has certainly been some experience.

The reaction that I have been getting on the doorsteps has been overwhelmingly positive. The most common reply after introducing myself has been “as least you are not from the other shower!” and many profane variants of the same.. It is probably obvious but the public anger towards Fianna Fail is much greater than I thought. It is hard to explain just how angry people are but I have heard from many life long Fianna Fail supporters who have said that they will never vote for them ever again.

So there are only three more days to go. Fatigue is starting to set in, as too is the resignation that I will not be able to canvass some areas which is personally very disappointing. But as polling day gets closer the more nervous things become. Still I can be proud of my campaign and the work that I have put in so far. None of which would have been possible without the fantastic support of the members of our local Fine Gael branch who have been out with me canvassing day and night. Whatever the results of the count on Saturday I will be forever grateful to them all.

Fingers crossed!

P.S. over on YoughalOnline there is a profile of myself with pictures of me on the campaign trail last week.