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Punters have given Fianna Fáil candidates running in Friday’s European election a unanimous thumbs down in our online poll to find Ireland’s most disliked politician.
The “Eurotrash” poll conducted on this very blog had 1,800 individual votes cast over the past five days.
You were asked to nominate their local candidate they dislike the most running for election in Friday’s European election. In all four electoral constituencies Fianna Fáil had the dubious honour of having candidates top the “unpopularity” poll.
Eoin Ryan attracted 31% of the vote in Dublin with Fianna Fáil party colleague Liam Aylward also securing first place with 30% of the poll in Ireland East. Pat “The Cope” Gallagher was the undisputed poll topper in the North West with an impressive 40% of the vote and Corkonian Brian Crowley was first the post in the South with a 26% share of the unpopular vote.
RESULTS OF PADDY POWER ONLINE POLL
Which of the following candidates running for election in the Dublin constituency for the European Parliament do you dislike the most?
Dublin
31% Eoin Ryan (FF)
26% Proinsias De Rossa (Lab)
15% Gay Mitchell (FG)
12% Mary Lou McDonald, (SF)
6% Eibhlin Byrne (FF)
3% Joe Higgins (SP)
3% Caroline Simons (Lib)
2% Deirdre De Burca (GP)
1% Patricia McKenna (Ind)
1% Emmanuel Sweeney (Ind)
Which of the following candidates running for election in the Ireland East constituency for the European Parliament do you dislike the most?
East
30% Liam Aylward (FF)
20% Mairéad McGuinness (FG)
16% Thomas Byrne (FF)
9% Nessa Childers (Lab)
9% Raymond O’Malley (Lib)
6% Kathleen Funchion (SF)
6% Tomás Sharkey (SF)
3% John Paul Phelan (FG)
1% Micheál E Grealy (Ind)
0% Paddy Garvey (IND)
0% Jim Tallon (Ind)
Which of the following candidates running for election in the North West constituency for the European Parliament do you dislike the most?
North West
40% Pat Gallagher (FF)
24% Declan Ganley (Lib)
10% Jim Higgins (FG)
7% Paschal Mooney (FF)
6% Padraig MacLochlainn (SF)
4% Marian Harkin (Ind)
3% Joe O’Reilly (FG)
1% John Francis Higgins (Ind)
1% Thomas King (Ind)
1% Noel McCullagh (Ind)
1% Michael McNamara (Ind)
1% Susan O’Keeffe (Lab)
1% Fiachra O Luain (Ind)
Which of the following candidates running for election in the Ireland South constituency for the European Parliament do you dislike the most?
South
26% Brian Crowley (FF)
15% Ned O’Keeffe (FF)
14% Sean Kelly (FG)
12% Toireasa Ferris (SF)
10% Dan Boyle (GP)
9% Kathy Sinnott (Ind)
7% Colm Burke (FG)
5% Alan Kelly (Lab)
1% Maurice Sexton (Ind)
1% Alexander Stafford (Ind)
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
we’ll see what happens when the results come in!!
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:53 pm
FF must be delighted to finally top the polls!
June 2nd, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Libertas to hell.
June 2nd, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Vote for LIBERTAS (Ireland) and UKIP (UK)
NO to EU , NO to the leftist regime in EU , NO to the islamic invasion and afro/asian bogus asylum seekers in EU!
NO to the indolence and benefits for lazines over 200 (sic!)euro a week in Ireland !
Surprised there is a crisis?
NO to Made in China products!
European jobs for the Europeans!
PROUD to be EUROPEAN !
June 2nd, 2009 at 9:30 pm
F..K me paul o that was some rant.
June 11th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Some of the most disliked candidates were either elected for the first time or re-elected so they can’t be that unpopular.It does’nt say much for your poll.More Trash than Euro!