Pat's Sunday Paper Review June 28th
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The Pat Kenny Show. With Timber Living Log Cabins. Saturday and Sunday from 10am on Newstalk. Conversation that counts. Well now, I'm joined in studio by Jack Corgan-Jones, political correspondent with the Irish Times. We're going to go through the Sunday newspapers. We'll start with just the front pages and then Jack will dig in a little deeper into the various stories. Avalanche of change, business leaders demand reform. Urgent AI action. That's the front of the Business Post, which has an interesting political poll as well. The Irish Mail on Sunday, Donaldson taught sex ed to children.
Who is Jack Horgan‑Jones and what will he review in the Sunday papers?
And a question they ask, is Ronan Keating cozying up to Dubai regime? And there's a story about Joe Duffy. We'll come to that in a moment. A demand from Joe about mobile phones and suspected ne'er-do-wells. The Sunday Times, next Kynan Kingpin spotted playing paddle. That's that racket game which is becoming more and more popular. And the Minister for Justice has caved in to solicitors' fee demand. Of course, the front of the Sunday Independent, miscarriage leave to be introduced in coalition plan. So, Jack, let's start with that poll in the Sunday Business Post. And the headlines, not good news for Fianna Fáil, down to 14%.
Yeah, remarkably low. And I think this is a poll result that is going to give perhaps fresh momentum or certainly something to chew on for those internal enemies that Micheál Martin has within his parliamentary party, which kind of raised its head already during the week in this renewed debate within Fianna Fáil over the direction of travel around the triple lock. You see also in the Sunday Times, they have a list now of 17 people who have signed this letter querying the policy, the move to dismantle the triple lock, really. So that's a really low number for Fianna Fáil. It's well adrift of Fine Gael. It's even further adrift of Sinn Féin. Micheál Martin presumably will counter and say, look, you know, we're a million miles away from a general election and let's not hair after the Brits in terms of
defenestrating leaders of government just because they have a bad opinion poll here and there. But look, this will be bad news.
Well, looking at the other numbers, let's look at the parties in the doldrums. In other words, nothing happening. Labour at 4%, no change. People for Profit Solidarity, 4%, no change. The Greens at 3%, no change. Independent Ireland down 2% to 5%, Einthode down 1% to 6%, Independents up 1% to 12%, and I suppose the big winners are seen as the Sock Dems, plus 2% to 12%, just two points adrift of Fine Foil. Fine Gael up 1% to 18%, and the leaders still in every poll consistently at 21%, Sinn Féin.
Yes. A couple of things to pull out there from where we see changes. And it is worth remarking just briefly that all these changes are within the margin of error. So we're not looking at a massive kind of jump in any direction. But look, the trend is always worth analysing. Into an independent Ireland. We saw them both growing, I think, across nearly every poll, across all the different newspapers in the wake of the fuel protests. And particularly independent Ireland was seen as capitalising there. Perhaps that seems to be something of a fleeting thing with them retreating back to where they were. But the story here, when it comes to trends, I think, is the Social Democrats and the growth that they've seen there.
since the general election in 2020.
Now, Labour must be scratching their heads, saying, like, there's not a whisker, really, between the policies of the Labour Party and the Social Democrats. In general terms, there will be specifics where they differ. And they'll be saying, what are we doing wrong? Is it the Holly factor?
They look at their political cousins in the Social Democrats and three times their level of support. Look, I think this is, it's a brand thing. It's a political brand thing. And it's an age thing to a certain extent as well. I think when you look at the age support or the support among different age cohorts for Labour, their support looks a little bit like Fianna Fáil's in some way in that it's kind of...
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:39
2
Who is Jack Horgan‑Jones and what will he review in the Sunday papers?
0:39–5:01
3
What do the Business Post poll results reveal about Fianna Fáil's standing?
5:01–13:37
4
Why are the Social Democrats gaining momentum compared to Labour?
13:37–17:40