A majority of people south of the Border might want a united Ireland, but how happy are they to fund the cost of it? Not very, is the only conclusion from the findings in our latest poll.
The annual round of party conferences is currently taking place. Yesterday, Simon Harris addressed the Fine Gael ard fheis for the first time as party leader. The Fianna Fáil ard fheis takes place next weekend.
With Simon Harris to be elected taoiseach this week on a pledge to return Fine Gael to “core values”, now is a good time to assess the state of the nation on those values.
A majority of people south of the Border might want a united Ireland, but how happy are they to fund the cost of it? Not very, is the conclusion from the findings in the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll.
When taoiseach-designate Simon Harris takes office next week, his to-do list will be daunting. Not as daunting as the 12 Labours of Hercules (which included capturing Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog of the underworld), but by any standards demanding.