Then votomatic may be your man! Ok, it may not be as much fun as the Fine Gael computer game, but if you have ignored studiously any media discussions of the topics involved in this election, and have an implicit trust of computer programmers, then this will give you a good idea of who to vote for.

It’s a series of questions such as ‘The government should renegotiate Ireland debt repayments’ and your answer can vary from ‘completely agree’ to ‘completely disagree’.

My answer came out in favour of….