Did family issues have bearing on outcome?

I HAVE been talking to a few people about election results. What I found surprising was the reason why the majority of them made up their mind to vote either for Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael.

Like myself, they were persuaded by a report in ‘Alive’, a Catholic monthly freesheet which I received through my door earlier last month.

The front page encouraged voters to ask candidates where their parties stood on life and family issues.

Although I never got around to asking each candidate about these issues, I made enquiries and found that, as I am a practising Catholic, there was no way I was going to vote for Labour, the Progressive Democrats, the Greens, or particularly Sinn Féin.

I wonder if others were influenced in this way as I have not heard it being put forward as a reason in the media.

Ellen Purcell

Archdeaconery View

Kells

Co Meath