Housing, the cost of living and immigration top our reader panel’s priority list as they weigh up who to vote for in the general election
The Irish Times has assembled a panel of readers, drawn from across the State and from all cross-section of age groups, to discuss theto find work. He stays up late at night to apply for jobs, researches the positions and attends interviews but feels frustrated by the difficulties he has encountered. He was born inand has been told he would be waiting a long time for social housing. He wants to see progress on giving disabled people better access to work, as well as better levels of pay.
In relation to her voting intentions, she says she will “always lean left”. And although she says she is “sceptical of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil”, she is open to hearing their pitches, and those of other parties. “It will be interesting to see how they all perform in the leader debates. That will be an important moment.”Aisling O’Reilly is a 29-year-old tech worker who lives on the north side of Dublin’s city centre.
Violence against women is another issue she highlights, saying she is “very concerned” about safety on the streets. There can be a “sense of danger” in large urban centres such as Dundalk and “if a party could give a promise a single person would feel safe walking around town it would be significant for me”. lives in Castleconnell, in rural Co Limerick.
He has voted for the main Government parties in the past but needs persuasion this time around. A father of two, Kennedy has a daughter living in Australia because she could not afford rent in Ireland. The affordability of living in the State is a concern for him as a result. He also says that, as an employer with vacancies to fill, “we can’t get young people because they’re gone – they’re out of the country”.
The €9 million in the Budget for phone pouches was “frankly insulting” at a time when schools are trying to priotise inclusion for those with most need, she believes. While she recently bought a home, Saunders is deeply frustrated with the failure to tackle the housing issue. She is also concerned about the online radicalisation of young men of her generation, which she says followed Covid.
He says he has moved his vote around, though he has been “relatively” consistent in the past; however, neither of the two parties he has voted for will be getting his first preference this time, he says, with Independent Nick Delahunty a candidate who has appealed to him.is a 73-year-old mother and grandmother who lives in Abbeyleix, Co Laois, which was overall winner of the Tidy Towns competition in 2023. She and her husband ran the local Supervalu before selling it 17 years ago.
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