Prendergast tops poll — for most talked-about candidate online

She may be languishing in the opinion polls and at risk of losing her seat. But Labour MEP Phil Prendergast has generated more online conversation in the last six months than any other candidate in the Ireland South constituency.

And while Fianna Fáil’s legendary vote getter, Brian Crowley MEP, looks set to top the poll again, he only ranks fourth in the online conversation league table, just behind Ballyhea Says No campaigner Diarmuid O’Flynn, who is running his Euro election campaign on a shoestring budget and almost exclusively online.

The insights are contained in an analysis, conducted by Cork-based H+A Marketing + PR, and released yesterday.