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The newly appointed Senator Eoghan Harris was expected to make a colourful contribution to last night's West Belfast Talks Back debate. And he didn't disappoint. However, he may have got more than he bargained for. A member of the audience, one Jude Collins, a former columnist for the now defunct Daily Ireland, challenged the Senator, also a newspaper columnist, to a bet. Mr Collins quoted a column Senator Harris had written for the Sunday Independent predicting that Fianna Fail would mop up Sinn Fein's remaining Dail seats at the next election. Mr Collins who clearly disagreed with this prediction pointedly produced a £100 note (from the First Trust Bank). What odds, he asked, would Senator Harris give him on the re-election of Sinn Fein's TDs. Senator Harris relished the challenge and the two men agreed ten to one odds, to great cheers from the audience.

So, aside from us political correspondents who live for elections, there's at least two people on the island who can't wait for the the next poll.

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