Influence and popularity are not the same thing.
A survey conducted with over 6,000 JOE readers* has named Enda Kenny as Ireland’s most influential man.
An Taoiseach narrowly pipped Conor McGregor to the title with retired rugby legend, Brian O’Driscoll in 3rd place.
Maximum Media recently surveyed thousands of Irish people across JOE.ie, Her.ie, SportsJOE.ie and HerFamily.ie about their lives, loves, work, home and politics.
Yesterday, we revealed that the majority of JOE readers are set to vote ‘yes’ in the upcoming marriage referendum.
Here’s the Top 10 most influential men in Ireland according to JOE users:
1. Enda Kenny
2. Conor McGregor
3. Brian O’Driscoll
4. Paul O’Connell
5. Denis O’Brien
6. Bono
7. Michael O’Leary
8. JOE
9. Roy Keane
10. Michael D Higgins
For an insight in to the most influential women in Ireland today, check out our sisters on Her.ie who asked that very question of their readers.
We’ll bring you more interesting findings from Maximum Media’s A Slice Of Life survey in the coming days on JOE.ie.
* 74% of our respondents were male, with 81% aged between 18-34 years of age.
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