FARMING POLL 2015 - DATA: 64% of farmers support a more liberal abortion regime

Almost two thirds of farmers are in favour of a liberalisation of the current abortion regime, with the poll result indicating that attitudes on the issue in rural areas is moving closer to the views of those in urban areas.

The Irish Examiner/ICMSA poll result shows that 64% of those surveyed are in favour of a change to the 8th Amendment of the Constitution, with 34% opposed to any change.

The majority of younger and middle-aged farmers are in favour of a change to the 8th Amendment, but support for a change is finely balanced among those who regularly attend Mass, and the majority of those aged 65 and over are opposed to any change.