Ms Clune is one of three sitting MEPs contesting Ireland South, with five seats up for grabs. But she was placed seventh in a Red C poll.

In this week’s Small Business column, Kehlan looks at why the push for businesses to export is justified and why SMEs need to look beyond borders.

AS a Laois man employed in Kildare for the past four years, Willie Brennan should have driven to work last Monday week licking his lips at the prospect of delivering an unmerciful slagging to his many co-workers of a Lilywhite persuasion.