Transfers hold key to tight poll

GAME on. What was supposed to be the most predictable of the four European constituencies has taken an intriguing twist.

Fianna Fáil veteran Gerry Collins and Independent disability rights campaigner Kathy Sinnott are engaged in a ding-dong battle for the last seat in the South constituency.

The Irish Examiner/Prime Time opinion poll, conducted by Lansdowne Market Research, shows that sitting MEP Brian Crowley of Fianna Fáil will again comfortably top the poll in the South constituency with 30% of the poll although this is down on his previous performance in 1999, when he secured 154,000 votes and 34% of the vote.