It's a waiting, and betting, game to see who gets Finance

AND they're off! As the punters head to the polls, Paddy Power bookmakers is giving odds on who will be the next Minister for…

AND they're off! As the punters head to the polls, Paddy Power bookmakers is giving odds on who will be the next Minister for Finance. Kildare man Charlie McCreevey - a man well used to calculating the odds himself- is the clear favourite at 4/7.

Next in line is the Rainbow's sitting tenant in Merrion Street, Ruairi Quinn, at 2/1. After that the Margin wonders what Mary O'Rourke makes of her odds of 8/1. And then comes Corkman Hugh Coveney at 14/1, the same odds as Richard Bruton, who has made a name for himself as minister for jobs announcements.

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