Healthcare trails in distant third place among snapshot poll respondents’ concerns as immigration, mentioned spontaneously by 29 per cent, eclipses even housing
A makeshift camp, set up by migrants, along the banks of the Grand Canal in Dublin. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty ImagesIrish people are united in their concern over immigration and housing, according to the latest Snapshot poll. Across all demographics, these two issues are dominating the conversation, with other topics struggling for airtime.
Across all regions, immigration is enormously salient: Dublin 29 per cent; the rest of Leinster 32 per cent; Munster 27 per cent; and Connacht/Ulster 31 per cent.‘It is becoming a living hell’: residents of Dublin housing complex protest against anti-social behaviour Housing is never far from the top of the Snapshot table and is mentioned by 19 per cent in this May wave. Housing plays second fiddle to immigration across all population groups, except for the under-35s, who are still more zoned in on housing than on immigration .
Climate change/sustainability’s relatively modest profile is despite its guaranteed appearance on every State, corporate and community agenda. Interest in climate change varies significantly by age, ranging from 5 per cent among the under-35s to only 1 per cent among the over-65s.
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