It is now just over three months since former Dublin Gaelic football manager Jim Gavin was chosen by Fianna Fáil's TDs and senators as the party's presidential candidate.
Since Mr Gavin's 41 votes to 29 victory over MEP Billy Kelleher, there has been the small matter of a jaw-dropping campaign collapse, revelations over tenancy troubles, the first withdrawal of a formal candidate in Irish presidential race history and ongoing questions over Micheál Martin's future as leader of the party.
Much of the fallout has centred on the party's independent review, and, specifically, who knew what and when, alongside which actions they took and when they took them.
And while that review is now close to completion, those involved may still have to wait a while longer for definitive answers to what they want to know.
Who knew what and when?
The biggest question is to a large extent still unknown.
Did senior Fianna Fáil figures know about the Jim Gavin tenancy controversy before party TDs and senators were asked to back him as the candidate?
That question has been surrounded by smoke and mirrors ever since Mr Gavin's tenancy troubles first emerged.
But, in recent days, some important facts have become clearer.
Senior Fianna Fáil sources have told RTÉ News that on Friday 5 September - four days before TDs and senators were asked, some say pressurised, into choosing Mr Gavin as their candidate - high-ranking officials in the party were contacted about concerns over their prospective nominee.
Those concerns included issues over an apartment which was lost during the Celtic Tiger, but the sources insist there was no mention at that point of a €3,300 overpayment of rent that was, at that point, not returned, or of any other matter - context they argue needs to be stressed.
RTÉ News understands that three days later, on Monday 8 September - the day before TDs and senators were due to vote - a backbench TD contacted a senior TD working on Mr Gavin's campaign about similar concerns they had been told of by an associate of the former GAA manager.
On both occasions, sources have said they contacted Mr Gavin and followed long-standing due process guidelines.
As no specific details that subsequently emerged were included in the communications, they insist there are no questions to answer.
However, that is unlikely to be how already mutinous sections of Fianna Fáil's parliamentary party will see matters.
Many such individuals have already argued they should have been told of any concerns about a candidate, whether big or small, before voting took place in the Tuesday 9 September ballot between Mr Gavin and Mr Kelleher.
When will the review be published?
Presumably, all of these concerns will be cleared up in the long-awaited independent Fianna Fáil review into the party's presidential candidate selection process.
However, given where the review currently stands, there is no guarantee this will be the case, or any details of when it will be published, other than the Taoiseach insisting it would be "before Christmas".
While the review was initially planned to be a short and sharp examination with a promise of lessons being learned - standard phrases for anyone used to political scandal fallout bingo - the initial plan to publish it on 12 November came and went without any document emerging.
So too did anticipated, but never specifically stated, future deadlines in the weeks that followed.
A growing realisation developed that the four-strong review panel - Tom Brabazon, Eamon Scanlon, Senator Margaret Murphy O'Mahony and senior counsel Ciaran O’Loughlin - may take significantly longer than expected to produce their findings and clear the whole mess up.
Some, but not all of this delay, is due to the fact that while Mr Gavin declined to take part in the review - the fact he is such a central figure to it means that the review team has sent the final draft version to him for a response.
This request was made late last week and, as of yesterday evening, Mr Gavin's legal team has yet to respond.
This leaves the Fianna Fáil review team in something of tricky position as they need to publish the review to placate angry party members who want answers, but also need to ensure all legal avenues are covered.
That issue is likely to return to the spotlight by the middle of this week, when Fianna Fáil TDs and senators are expected to hold their weekly parliamentary party meeting tomorrow rather than Wednesday.
The likely, but as yet unconfirmed moving forward of the meeting, and the labelling of it by some as a 'special' meeting has led to speculation the review could be published tomorrow.
However, others have downplayed that possibility, repeating the legal issue over Mr Gavin's to date non-response and noting - perhaps, not without reason - that Mr Martin will be attending an EU Council meeting in Brussels on Wednesday in which he will discuss, among other topics, the controversial Mercosur deal.
That deal is deeply unpopular among Irish farmers, traditionally a core base for Fianna Fáil, with those suggesting the review may take longer to complete and arguing it is unlikely Mr Martin will want two damaging rows within hours of each other.
This means a Christmas break publication date, while controversial in itself, cannot be ruled out either.
What does ths all mean for Micheál Martin?
No one within Fianna Fáil is under any illusions that the Jim Gavin row is solely about the presidential candidate selection dispute.
The reality, of course, is that the energy that remains in the row has as much to do with Mr Martin's future as party leader.
Since Mr Gavin stepped down as Fianna Fáil's candidate more than two months ago, there has been feverish speculation over what might happen to Mr Martin, who has been party leader since January 2011.
This included vocal rumours a no-confidence motion in him was imminent in the immediate aftermath of Mr Gavin's departure. While such racket has reduced in noise in recent weeks, it has been far from been fully silenced and there are still whispers with intent in Leinster House’s shadows.
Should the review clear, or at least not further bruise, Mr Martin and those closest to him when it is eventually published, the Taoiseach may live to fight another political day.
But, if further revelations emerge, or even if existing timelines are found to have carried far more weight than currently claimed, then that situation could change and change quickly.
The still unpublished Fianna Fáil independent president review is officially about the circumstances surrounding Mr Gavin's presidential candidacy.
But in reality, no one is in any doubt that within Fianna Fáil there is a far bigger game at play.
