That’s an odd way to frame it…
In the run up to the Brexit vote in the UK, a number of publications took an editorial stance, with the Daily Mail backing the Leave campaign to the extent that they plastered it all over their front page.
Wednesday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/RGgtIfR9Wo
— Mail+ (@DailyMailUK) June 21, 2016
The Mail’s editor-in-chief, Paul Dacre, made the stance of the paper well known as they focused on anti-immigration stories, although the Mail on Sunday did come out in favour of continued membership of the EU.
The front page of today’s Irish Daily Mail has not held back in its portrayal of Ireland in the EU and claims that 40% of Irish people think that Ireland should choose the UK over the EU.
According to the paper, “four in ten Irish people would choose open borders and free trade with the UK over the EU.”
So basically, 60% would prefer if Ireland stick it out with the EU rather than abandoning the Single Market, the Common Travel Area, the Common Agricultural Policy and all the other benefits to join ranks with the UK.
The poll randomly surveyed 1,418 people around Ireland by telephone in September this year to establish the results.
One of the main cheerleaders for #Brexit across the water starting the same thing here? We're grand, thanks. pic.twitter.com/dX75k17OPv
— Jonathan Healy (@jonathanhealy) October 31, 2016
Yes, there is an Irish Daily Mail & yes their headlines are just as trustworthy as those in the UK edition. https://t.co/YKAma6mI37
— Declan Gaffney (@djmgaffneyw4) October 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/Mairead84/status/792993092232183808
We know what Gay Byrne thinks of it all…
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