With the departure of George Lee (who?) a by-election may be on the cards in Dublin South, but it’s not expected anytime soon.  However one of the possible candidates looks like he has a bit more time to canvass.

Shay Brennan, a vice president for corporate treasury in Anglo Irish Bank ( FF candidate and son of Seamus) is reported to be amongst 230 employees to have taken voluntary redundancy at the company.  Word reaches me that Ron Blacks on Dawson Street was the place to be last night for Anglo employees marking their departure. The scheme was oversubscribed such was the rush for the generous terms on offer (ok it was also not the most popular place to work in one might admit).

So we may be seeing a lot more of Shay in the next few months getting ready for his next run out in the polls.