Fianna Fáil reduced to two deputies in online diaspora poll

AN online poll of Irish people forced to emigrate in the economic crisis has heaped further humiliation on Fianna Fáil. The emigrants poll, it emerged, would have returned just two of the party’s TDs to the Dáil.

The survey of 5,580 Irish people living in 124 countries showed they believed Ireland’s ousted main ruling party, FF, was solely to blame for the lack of opportunities and the crushing national debt in their homeland.

The first-of-its-kind poll — which used IP technology and passport details to prevent people in Ireland from voting or those abroad from taking part more than once — was carried out on www.ballotbox.ie over a 10-day period in late February.