Friday is Independents Day for the people’s candidates

It will be interesting to see if the reaction that independents are receiving on the doorsteps will translate into votes for independents this Friday.

There’s certainly a greater willingness amongst voters, albeit a weary willingness, to listen to non-party candidates.

“We need to change the system. The communities, and not parties, need to be represented. They are not being represented. Look at what happened with the bank guarantee,” expounds Diarmaid O’Cadhla, who is running as a People’s Candidate in Cork City’s south-east ward.