Poll predicts citizenship vote will go to the wire

An opinion poll published this morning has suggested that the citizenship referendum on June 11 is likely to go to the wire.

The poll, conducted in the south of the country for the Irish Examiner and RTÉ’s Prime Time, found that 44% of voters supported the referendum, while 41% opposed it.

The other 15% were undecided.

The poll also found that Fianna Fáil’s Brian Crowley and Fine Gael’s Simon Coveney were likely to be elected on the first count in the European elections in the South constituency, with Fianna Fáil’s Gerry Collins and disability campaigner Kathy Sinnott battling it out for the third seat.

Just 30% of respondents to the poll said they were satisfied with the Government ahead of the upcoming local and European elections, while 62% said they were unhappy with the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats coalition.

Despite this, Fianna Fáil’s local election support in the south of the country was put at 39%, compared to 30% for Fine Gael, 10% for Labour, 8% for Sinn Féin, 5% for the Greens and 2% for the PDs.

A total of 500 people in the South constituency were questioned as part of the poll, which was conducted by Lansdowne Market Research on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.