Pollsters will be examining if there is a surge in backing for independents and the level of support for Sinn Fein.
Election warehouse manager Michael Leonard among ballot boxes in Dublin in preparation for delivery to polling stations as the country is set to go to the polls on Friday to vote in the local and European elections
The local elections will be a test of strength for parties and independents, and possibly give an insight into who will become candidates in the general election that will be held in the next nine months. “ a change that had happened in the party where previously people liked to vote for the Shinners in the local election because we worked damn hard on the ground, they were never sure in a general election, that had changed quite a lot and we hadn’t fully appreciated that.”
“Thank you for reminding me,” Ms McDonald said a week before polling day on June 7 when a political editor asked about the party’s significant losses in 2019. “So I think we’re in a good position to retain the majority of seats that we have, it’s going to be challenging, and we’re going to do everything we can.”Asked does he accept Fianna Fail will lose council seats, Mr Martin said: “I’m not accepting anything. I’m going out there in a robust fashion. We’ll do the very best we can to retain the seats we have and gain extra seats.
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