President Michael D Higgins is still on course to win a second term in office, according to latest opinion poll. President Michael D Higgins is still on course to win a second term in office, according to latest opinion poll. President Higgins still on course to win second presidential term - pollMr Higgins holds a massive 69pc of the vote and is significantly ahead of his nearest rival, Sean Gallagher, who is on 11pc. However, the opinion poll was completed last Tuesday – the same day Mr Casey’s comment on Independent.ie’s Floating Voter podcast were published. This means the poll does not gauge the public’s reaction to the entire week of controversy surrounding Mr Casey.

Source: Irish Independent October 20, 2018 17:37 UTC