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Two Macs set for photo finish
- poll
18.05.07
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Sinn Féin's Padraig
MacLochlainn and Fine Gael's Joe McHugh are set for
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photo finish in their
bid for the last Dail seat in Donegal North East,
according to a new poll.
The survey commissioned by the 'Donegal Democrat'
newspaper also indicates that Fianna Fáil could lose
two of the five seats it holds in the county. |
And it suggests that
Niall Blaney, who dissolved the Independent Fianna
Fail party last year to join Fianna Fail, will get
only 11% of first preference votes.
This puts his seat in Donegal North East at risk of
going to Sinn Féin or Fine Gael.
In Donegal South West, the poll indicates that
Fianna Fáil Junior Minister Pat 'the Cope' Gallagher
will struggle to keep his seat, with just 15% of the
vote. This puts him well behind his colleague,
Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan, Fine Gael's
Dinny McGinley and Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty.
A total of 500 people were surveyed in the two
constituences by Millward Brown Ulster for the
'Democrat' on dates from May 9th to May 11th.
The findings indicate that Minister Coughlan could
top the poll in Donegal South West, with her surplus
going to 'The Cope', despite a massive showing by
Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty.
Fine Gael's Dinny McGinley is polling at 26% - a
full seven points clear of Doherty, according to the
survey.
In Donegal North East, meanwhile, the poll predicts
that Fianna Fail's Dr. James McDaid will romp home
with 26% of first preferences, followed by Cecilia
Keaveney on 18%. It indicates that the third seat
will be the subject of a very tight battle between
Fine Gae's Joe McHugh on 17% of the vote and Sinn
Fein's Padraig MacLochlainn, with 16%. |
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