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gjj Dan O'Brien The Irish are becoming EXCLUSIVE ‘I was hoping he’d die,’ Jill / ungovernable. This Section, Page 18Meagher’s husband on her murderer. Page 20 9 6 2 ,0 0 0 READERS Vol. 109 No. 17 CITY FINAL April 27,2014 €2.90 (£1.50 in Northern Ireland) lMELDA¥ 1 1 P 1 g§%g k ■MAY ■ H l f PRINCE PHILIP WAS CHECKING OUT MY ASS LIFE MAGAZINE ALL IS CHANGING, CHANGING UTTERLY. GRAINNE'SJOY ■ Voters w a n t a n ew political p arty Poll: FG gets MICHAEL McDOWELL, Page 24 ■ Public demands more powers for PAC SHANE ROSS, Page 24 it in the neck; ■ Ireland wants Universal Health Insurance -but doesn'tbelieve the Governmentcan deliver BRENDAN O'CONNOR, Page 25 ■ We are deeply suspicious SF rampant; of thecharity sector MAEVE SHEEHAN, Page 25 ■ Royal family are welcome to 1916 celebrations EILISH O'HANLON, Page 25 new partycall LOVE IS IN THE AIR: TV presenter Grainne Seoige and former ■ ie s s a Childers is rugbycoach turned businessman Leon Jordaan celebrating iittn of the capital their engagement yesterday. Grainne's dress is from Havana EOGHAN HARRIS, Page 19 in Donnybrookr Dublin 4. Photo: Gerry Mooney. Hayesfaces defeat in Dublin; Nessa to top Full Story, Page 5 & Living, Page 2 poll; SF set to take seat in each constituency da n ie l Mc Connell former minister Eamon Ryan and JOHN DRENNAN (11 per cent). MillwardBrown Our poll also asked for peo FINE Gael Junior Minister ple’s second preference in Brian Hayes is facing a humil FULL POLL DETAILS AND ANALYSIS: ‘ terms of candidate. Of even iating defeat in next month’s PAGES 4,22,23,24,25 & 34 greater concern for Mr Hayes European elections as Sinn is the fact that he is not Fein and Independents look four voters, 77 per cent, areEnda in Kenny’s heartland, Mid- as transfer-friendly as Ms set to capitalise on a wave of favour of increasing thelands-North-West. pow- Costello, Mr Ryan or even Ms anti-government sentiment, ers of the Dail’s Public It also shows that the Fine Fitzpatrick. A new Sunday Indepen- Accounts Committee (PAC). Gael junior finance minister On this basis, Mr Hayes is dent/Millward Brown poll of On the evidence of today’sBrian Hayes, the perceived facing an uphill battle to take the make-or-break Dublin poll, Sinn Fein is emergingearly as favourite to take the firstone of the three Dublin seats. constituency — the first com- the new kingpin of Irish poli-seat in Dublin, is laggingAny failure by Fine Gael to prehensive poll of its kind in tics. Independent candidatesbehind Sinn Fein’s Lynn Boy-win a seat in Dublin would this election — reveals that a are also polling strongly,lan with (20 per cent) and Inde have serious ramifications for decisive backlash against both Nessa Childers set to take the pendent MEP Nessa Childers Mr Kenny within a party that Fine Gael and Labour is crys- first seat in Dublin, (19 per cent). is furious about the mishan tallising, with less than five For the first time in a Mill- Mr Hayes, on 15 per cent, isdling of the Shatter crisis. weeks to polling day. ward Brown poll, the elec-in a dogfight for the last seat Nationally, taking both yes The poll also shows a torate is turning against withFine Fianna Fail’s Mary Fitz terday’sIrish Independent poll majority — 54 per cent —Tn Gael as well as Labour. Thepatrick (13 per cent), Labour’sand today’s poll together, Sinn favour of a new political party, party is trailing behindEmer Inde Costello (12 per cent) while over three out of every pendents and Fianna Failand in Green Party leader and Continued on Page 4 McGuinness to Martin: I want your job, I wanna be the leader JOHN DRENNAN and not going because “if I amparty in frontbencher said: “It about much more with the RONALD QUINLAN Europe I can’t contest theall hangs on the Dublinparty membership.” leadership”. election; it would become very Another Fianna Fail TD THE chairman of the Public A senior party source tolddifficult if Fianna Fail came in added: “John is making no Accounts Committee, Johnthe Sunday Independent: behind Eamon Ryan or Nessasecret of his interest, nobody McGuinness, has served notice“Micheal nearly fell off his Childers.” is bad-mouthing Micheal but to current Fianna Fail leader chair at the response, he Another senior figure said:he is fatally attached to the Micheal Martin of his ambi wasn’t expecting that, a paler“In the council elections thepast; the feeling is that so long The service goes above and beyond tion to succeed him as leader shade of white might best threshold of safety for Micheal as he is there we cannot move of the party. describe it.” is around 28 per cent and on to greener fields.” The price doesn't. 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Obituaries 2 Appointments 12Results 13 Television 40 Eurozone64 PAC ch ief could m eet Flannery privately McGuinness open to sit-down but a public appearance still required LIMERICK LADIES: Dolores O'Riordan with her mother Eileen by the Morning Star River in Bruffr Co Limerick. Photo: Kyran O'Brien RONALD QUINLAN The PAC chairman madethe CPP (Committee on Proce Special Correspondent it clear, however, that weredure and Privileges) for com such a private meeting to takepellability. The aim of com THE chairman of the Publicplace, it wouldn’t remove thepellability was that the CPP Accounts Committee (PAC), requirement for Mr Flannerywould have protocols in place 'You get to the point where youJohn McGuinness, last nightto appear before the commitarising from the 2013 legisla said he was willing to meet tee in a subsequent publiction. They’re in place now and with former Rehab CEO Frankhearing. they’ve been legally tested. Flannery privately to discuss That piece of work is almost concerns he has about giving completed, so they’ll be ready want to die just to get peace'evidence to the committee. ANALYSISPAGE 25 to make a decision once they With jusjt four days to go receive our application,” he before the members of the He added: “We will hear a said. Dolores O’Riordan has music business that you Dolores says she is lookingLewis low scores on the PAC apply to the Dail’s Comwitness in any way that we While Ms Kerins appeared didn’t want to work any forward to the grand final shows for reasons other mittee on Procedure and Privcan so that when they comebefore the PAC last February, put the dark days of the more,” Eileen continues.