A win is a win. They don’t ask you how. You’re only as good as your last €2.5bn project.

Sporting metaphors usually help capture the mood of political triumphs, and sure enough, in Keel Community Centre on Achill Island, the hall had the air of a dressing room after an All-Ireland win.

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