Speaking today about whether there was any spill-over of Brexit into Irish public opinion, the author of the report Dr Stephen Quinlan said: " I found no evidence here of any mushrooming Euroscepticism in Ireland. However, a significant proportion of Irish people are distrustful of the EU. There is a direct correlation between levels of education and levels of distrust in the EU - levels of trust rise in proportion to levels of education. We can also see that there is a not insignificant proportion of neutral opinion."

On any so-called "Irexit", the poll showed that 67% disagree that Ireland would be better outside of the EU, while only 25% agree, ranking Ireland the 7th most in favour of remaining in the EU across Europe.

On the EU's main policies, 90% of those surveyed are in favour of freedom of movement of other EU nationals (EU average 81%) and 85% are "for" economic and monetary union, including the euro (EU average 70%).

Dr. Stephen Quinlan is Senior Researcher in political science at the GESIS- Leibniz Institute in Mannheim, Germany. He has been the author of Eurobarometer reports for Ireland for five years. His research interests focus on electoral behaviour in a comparative perspective, the impact of social media on electoral behaviour, and attitudes towards the EU. He has published in a range of international peer-reviewed journals and is currently writing a chapter on political leaders in the 2016 Irish general election for the forthcoming book “The Irish Voter” (Ed. By Marsh, Farrell, Reidy).