It’s a perfect August story – two years to the election and the bookies have a poll on it. Who’s going to be the next president of Ireland?

Fergus Finlay is a bit surprised at his mention, last week I heard Niall Crowley’s name a few times as a possible Labour nominee. Is nobody mentioning Michael D.?

Paddy Power has Bertie Ahern at 2/1, Brian Crowley at 4/1 and Fergus Finlay at 10/1. Ivan Yates is at 20/1 which has me half wondering if I can start the ‘elect Ivan now’ campaign if it means I don’t have to listen to him on the radio!

You can read the full list of odds here. Any names not mentioned that you would throw into the hat? And what will Fine Gael do? Could it be Avril versus Mairead all over again? Or will Sean Kelly (the GAA Sean rather than Rothar Sean) or Gay Mitchell get the nod for the candidacy instead?

(and no I don’t really want Ivan Yates as President of Ireland but maybe we could send him to Brussels never to be heard from again?)