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Paul Hosford: Poll findings bring Social Democrats 'party' to abrupt end

With the latest poll putting the party on 0% support, the question is whether it is merely a snapshot in time or a worrying sign

Paul Hosford: Poll findings bring Social Democrats 'party' to abrupt end — Social Democrats co-leaders Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall. A question remains over whether the current co-leader setup is impeding the party from making a breakthrough: Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Sun, 12 Jun, 2022 - 21:00

Paul Hosford, Political Correspondent

On the weekend of a party's convention, there is often a tide of goodwill — media coverage is abundant and everybody in the party has got together to look to the future.

For some in the Social Democrats, that sense of happiness may have lasted just a few hours as the latest Sunday Times/Behaviour and Attitudes polling landed. With the poll putting the party on 0% support, the question is whether it is merely a snapshot in time or a worrying sign.

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