But when Daniel Kinahan made an enemy of the Irish State, he woke a sleeping giant.
That blow was swiftly followed by Fury saying he was to cut his ties to the mob boss before it was announced Kinahan was to withdraw from boxing for good to pursue “other interests”. Deputy Richmond told how he alerted media and political contacts built up while involved with Brexit talks from his four-year stint in the Seanad.
He added: “Probably not. It was tough for me to vote for a Fianna Fail Taoiseach emotionally but I do believe ultimately this is the right Government.“A lot of people might dismiss it but this is the first time this will happen and I know so many people in both parties who for generations defined themselves as either Fine Gael or Fianna Fail and that is ending with this coalition.
“The last few months have been really, really difficult for people. It started off people were really afraid of this virus and it is moving from being afraid of it to being respectful of it. People have lost their jobs, their livelihoods, their businesses. I was working with people who had a son or daughter trying to get home from Peru, people in quarantine.”He explained: “My wife and I had a baby through this whole process, our second child, our daughter is just seven weeks old this week.