The spokesperson added: “Prior to 2007, we did on occasion use party members to undertake polling, and on those occasions they did pose as market researchers. Party members were given fake ID badges and a backstory to recite if asked about the fictional research company. Mr Ó Broin also admitted secretly surveying his constituents using a fake polling company before his first election to the Dáil in 2016. “I think it sounds a bit sinister and they need to answer for it,” he said in reference to Sinn Féin. Sinn Féin did not respond to queries about when the fake polling strategy was last used.

Source: Irish Independent June 10, 2021 01:36 UTC