A new opinion poll has made Fianna Fáil's Dr Jim McDaid favourite to take a European Parliament seat in the North-West constituency ahead of party rival Mr Seán Ó Neachtain.
The RTÉ Questions & Answers/Irish Examiner survey predicted Dr McDaid would win 18 per cent of first preferences, 2 per cent more than indicated in last week's Irish Times/TNS mrbi poll. Mr Ó Neachtain got 15 per cent of the vote, 5 percentage points less than in the Irish Times poll, while Independent Ms Marian Harkin polled the same in both surveys at 16 per cent.
The RTÉ/Examiner poll indicated 43 per cent of the electorate in the North West will vote Yes in the referendum on citizenship. The survey was conducted by Lansdowne Market Research though interviews on May 21st and 22nd with 546 adults.