“I used to do the telly. I’m Ciaran Mullooly and I need a vote.” The European Parliament candidate for the Midlands North West constituency is canvassing in Navan, Co Meath on the day he meets The Currency. Over 100km away from his home on the Roscommon-Longford border, the Independent Ireland politician has more to gain from his name recognition as RTÉ’s former midlands correspondent than from local connections in a giant constituency with 27 candidates. Mullooly has arranged to meet me at Meath Women’s Refuge and Support Services, where chief executive Sinéad Smith and her colleague in charge of policy…

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