Farming survey: Only 40% believe we are ready for terror attack

The Government has stressed that “all means under the law will be availed of to protect the security of the state” as a new poll found that fewer than half of people living in rural Ireland believe sufficient safeguards have been put in place against a possible terror attack.

The Irish Examiner/ICMSA opinion poll shows that 40% of those questioned believe the Government is doing enough to prevent a terror attack here, but 30% disagree, with another 30% of people neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

The opinion poll results show that just 9% of respondents believe the Government has taken sufficient measures to guard against an attack, compared with 31% who slightly agree.