Forget Jackie Healy-Ray or Mildred Fox: it could be Lemmy that Bertie turns to next week in the event of a hung Dail.

The heavy metal Willie O'Dea that he is – well, they've got the same moustache – Mr. Kilmister currently has his fizzog plasted over walls and lampposts the length and breadth of Dublin.

To be honest, the poster campaign has more to do with publicising the Xtreme festival than squeezing out Mary Harney, though that would obviously be a bonus.

As well as readying themselves for June 29th's orgy of excess in the RDS, Motorhead have just released a new album, Hammered, through Metal-is.