In his piece on Fianna Fáil for The Currency, Gary Murphy writes that “Fianna Fáil’s historical success was based on its chameleon like ability to offer itself as different things to different social classes. It was the party of the developer class; of the ruthless entrepreneurial class on the make; of the ambitious middle class who saw Dublin as the place to make their fortunes; of the IFSC. Yet it also presented itself as the champion of both the urban and rural poor and the party who offered the people a safety net through social welfare when they needed it.…

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