This columnist is permanently perplexed by the almost complete lack of coverage of the most comprehensive opinion poll that is regularly carried out in Ireland. The European Commission pays pollsters across Europe to ask a thousand people per country about their views on dozens of topics for the Eurobarometer poll. The survey includes both EU countries and non-members. In Ireland, the pollster Behaviour and Attitudes currently conducts the surveys. They do it not once, but twice a year. These polls have been done for decades. They have often been criticised for getting results that are too favourable to the EU,…

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