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Polls fail to capture rising public anger over crime and anti-social behaviour
I am not one of those politicians who rushes out to challenge the accuracy or conduct of opinion polling whenever the results don’t match my expectations. Most of the recent polls, particularly the Ireland Thinks series in this newspaper, have broadly matched the trends I
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I wouldn’t wish winter election on my worst enemy, let alone voters
I closed my pre-Local and European election Sunday Independent column saying that those election results “…may not be a definitive predictor of who will or will not form the government, but they will be the best indicator of it we will see before the general
Never mind opinion polls, the real test of the public mood looms on June 7
A few weeks back I dismissed Fine Gael’s leadership change and reset as a “scramble for relevance.” Last week’s Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll would suggest I was being too complimentary. It showed a 2-point drop for Fine Gael, and a 3-point increase for Sinn Féin.
Dr Leo Varadkar’s treatment plan for ailing garda numbers is far from reassuring
If you remember The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin a BBC sitcom from the late 1970s, chances are that you will recall the character, Doc Morrissey. Morrissey was the bumbling company doctor who couldn’t diagnose for love nor money but could recite a patient’s