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Aodhan O'Riordain

Eamon Gilmore for Taoiseach?

Last update: Thursday, December 4, 2008, 03:59 | By: Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

For Eamon Gilmore, last Saturday’s Conference address was by far and away the biggest of his political career. Since becoming leader in September last year he has put in consistently solid performances in the Dáil and has been widely accepted as the best performer on the opposition benches. But attacking the Government is one thing, setting your stall out to provide a positive alternative is quite another.