On Saturday following Ireland’s general election, count centres were full of volunteers tallying votes on their clipboards. In Donegal, supporters of venerable candidate Pat “the Cope” Gallagher wore high-vis vests bearing the legends “Vote Cope” and even “Team Cope“. It was a welcome reminder that even in an election where the results seem to have changed so little, someone is always coping and someone seething. So who is who?
