1997: FF 38.62%; FG 29.09%; Lab 10.6%; PD 9.39%; GP 6.1%; SP 1.08%; NLP 0.2%; Others 4.92% .Outgoing TDs: Seamus Brennan and Tom Kitt (FF), Alan Shatter and Olivia Mitchell (FG), Liz O'Donnell (PD).
Will Labour's Eithne Fitzgerald return to the Dáil, or will the Greens' Eamon Ryan succeed? Could both win at the expense of Fine Gael's Alan Shatter and the Progressive Democrats' Liz O'Donnell? Shatter must not fall too far behind his running-mate, Olivia Mitchell, or he will be in trouble. The PDs will pray here that FF supporters heed the advice of the Taoiseach to transfer to them - so carefully examine the first-count result of FF's third candidate, Maria Corrigan. Or could a "Bertie Bounce" see Corrigan shock everyone by getting ahead of O'Donnell and winning a seat on PD transfers?