Health and cost of living top voters’ concerns

THE state of Ireland’s health services and the rising cost of living are the top European issues in the North West constituency, the latest Irish Examiner Questions and Answers poll has found.

According to the poll, conducted at the weekend by Lansdowne Market Research, 21% of voters identified the health service as an election issue while 18% said that the cost of living was of growing concern to them.

Surprisingly just one of the top ten issues identified by voters in June's European election is in any way directly related to Europe. Agricultural reform was cited by 10% of voters in the North West constituency, reflecting the rural base of the electoral area.