IT HAD ALL looked so good for Fine Gael - with three weekend opinion polls putting the party back on an even keel after mid-campaign polls suggested support was on the slide.

But then - in what could have been a victory rally in his home town of Castlebar - the Taoiseach referred to some people, denying the fruits of economic recovery, as "whingers".

Then he defended the remarks, then a cabinet colleague did likewise... then he redefined them, and then he withdrew them altogether.

In today's podcast, Gavan Reilly wonders: Isn't this the kind of little thing that trips you up?

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