It was events outside of the stage-managed set piece that came to dominate the first full day of campaigning for Election 2020 MaryERegan GE2020
It was well-choreographed and consciously illustrative of its messages. Rural Ireland was the location and Brexit was the issue.
"Now is not the time for the Fianna Fáil Junior B Team," cautioned Minister Heather Humphreys drawing a comparison to a GAA team of older lads who still want to play but are not fit enough. Asked at his campaign launch about the incident, Leo Varadkar said he was "very concerned" and that the Government would be doing everything it could to ensure the man was accommodated.
That Mr Varadkar’s response was political in nature was interpreted as being not appropriate to the sensitivities of the issue, and it backfired.
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