Politicians are never not in election more; for journalists, preparation for elections also means a long lead-in time
Politicians are never not in election mode. Certainly not in a hyper-local system such as Ireland’s, which rewards those who tend to their constituencies and punishes those who don’t. But for journalists, too, elections have a long lead-in time. At The Irish Times, our first meetings to plan coverage of the June 7th local and European elections took place more than a year ago.
Beyond the counts, a great deal of thought goes into coverage of the campaigns themselves.
In the last few days, three weeks out from polling day, we published the results of our latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll. The first set of resultsthat Sinn Féin’s recent slide continues, with the party down a further 5 points to leave it level with Fine Gael on 23 per cent. Fianna Fáil is stable on 20 per cent and its leader, Micheál Martin, is by some distance the most popular party leader.the three big parties are set to win seats in each of three constituencies.
Those of you who read The Irish Times in print at the weekend or who, as premium subscribers, avail of our epaper, will have noticed that we launched an expanded and redesigned Weekend supplement yesterday.
Some stories come out of nowhere. Who would have expected that an art installation on North Earl Street in Dublin city would be one of the most talked-about topics of the week? If you want to know what the fuss is about, start with Ronan McGreevy’s. While “inner Dublin can indeed be cool and cosmopolitan, it is also a space defined by friction. It crackles with the static tension of social divisions and contradictions.
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