Sometimes, not always, bookmakers are a useful barometer. This week the Paddy Power site was offering odds of 1/5 that Sinn Féin would win the most seats in the next General Election. For the partners in the current coalition government, the figures quoted were Fine Gael 5/1, Fianna Fáil 10/1 and The Greens 100/1. Last week the Electoral Commission published its Constituency Boundary Review report, recommending the creation of 14 additional seats, raising the number of TDs from 160 to 174. A widely held view is that, as the Dáil’s largest party, boosted by its profile as the main player…

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