Kieran

 My brother Sean caught up with Pat Rabbitte, the Labour leader in Tallaght, where he (Pat) was mobbed by reporters and supporters. Still, he did have time for an ice cream…

Here’s the fact file:

• Candidate: Pat Rabbitte, TD 
• Party: Labour (Chairperson)
• Constituency: Dublin Southwest 
• Flavour: Seaclaid (chocolate)
• Position on ice cream: “If I am in the next government, I will ensure that everyone in Ireland will have access to Murphys Ice Cream.”

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 My brother Sean recovered sufficiently from his chocolate tasting in Dublin (yes, I’m still jealous) to find Enda Kenny, the leader of Fine Gael. Sean reports that the possible future Taoiseach was warm and friendly and clearly has his finger on the pulse of the ice cream community (see position statement below).

Here’s the fact file:

• Candidate: Enda Kenny 
• Party: Fine Gael (Leader)
• Constituency: Mayo
• Flavour: Caramal (Honeycomb)
• Position on ice cream: “I love ice cream. I would have it for breakfast.”

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 Things are looking up for this series since Shane Hegarty mentioned this site and included the photo of Jackie Healy Rae in the Irish Times today. It seems we were discussed on Morning Ireland as well.

My brother is in Dublin for a chocolate tasting (lucky fellow) and customer visits, and hopefully he will find time to get more photos or arrange a video ice cream interview with a candidate or two, which we’ll put up if it comes off.

Here, in the Kerry South constituency, it is a very tight race for two of the three seats, and the latest candidate caught with ice cream is Cosai Fitzgerald. He is a serving counsillor for Kerry County Council, and we’ve known him for quite a while (he is also on the board of Údarás, our landlord for the factory). He is local to West Kerry and has been very supportive.

Here’s the fact file:

• Candidate: Seamus Cosai­ Fitzgerald 
• Party: Fine Gael
• Constituency: South Kerry
• Flavour: Fanaile (Vanilla)

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 Here’s the fourth in the series of candidates with ice cream. My mother met the chairperson of the Labour party and TD for South Kerry on the street in Dingle and enticed her to our shop for a photo.

Ms. Moynihan Cronin was delightful to meet in person, and she was happy to find a dairy-free option in our Raspberry Sorbet. She has a house in Ballydavid and apparently some nieces mad for our ice cream. If the opposition get into power, she is bound to be appointed a minister.

Here’s the fact file:

• Candidate: Breeda Moynihan Cronin, TD 
• Party: Labour (Chairperson)
• Constituency: South Kerry
• Flavour: Su Craobh (Raspberry Sorbet)

(In case you were wondering, the poster behind her is for our Aztec Hot Chocolate, recipe here.)

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 Here’s the third in the series. It’s great to know that the Greens like ice cream! 

I met John Hickey, the Green candidate at the Dingle farmers market. He was kind enough to come back to our shop for a photo. He lives locally (near Annascaul), and we had a good chat about how we could use green energy in our factory.

Here’s the fact file:

• Candidate: John Hickey 
• Party: Green
• Constituency: South Kerry
• Flavour: Caife (espresso and kahlua ice cream with chocolate shavings)

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