Poll: Overwhelming Support For President's Decision To Decline Invitation To Centenary Event Marking Partition.

Sunday, 19 September 2021 10:36

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He said the church event in Armagh next month had become too politicised.

There's overwhelming public support for the President's decision to turn down an invitation to attend a centenary event marking partition.

A poll by Ireland Thinks in today's Mail on Sunday shows more than four in five people think Michael D. Higgins made the right call.

He previously said the church event in Armagh next month had become too politicised.

The poll also highlighted a rise in support for Fianna Fail to 19 percent, and a slight drop for Sinn Fein and Fine Gael, who're on 29 and 23 percent respectively.

Mail on Sunday executive editor, John Lee, says people were asked whether the President should go to the church service -- and the answer was clear:

It's not too late for the President to reconsider his attendance at an upcoming centenary event in the North.

That's according to the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, who says he's disappointed at Michael D Higgins refusal to attend.

Doug Beattie says the anniversary of partition can be marked without the need for celebration

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