Jody Corcoran: Why Moby Dick, the floating voter who piled into Sinn Féin last time, is now deserting Mary Lou McDonald’s party

Swathes of voters in traditional Ireland – decent people fed up with how the country is being run – have found a new home and they’re swinging to Independents. For now

Ireland Thinks Poll

Jody Corcoran

As polling day looms large in the local and European elections and a new movement is starting to show its hand.

Here is Moby Dick, a floating voter for more than a decade, who piled into Sinn Féin in the last election and is now deserting Mary Lou McDonald’s party.