Nearly three quarters of the country think Leo Varadkar's sexuality won't damage his chances of becoming Taoiseach.
A new Millward Brown poll for today's Sunday Independent has found that 72 per cent of people believe coming out as gay won't influence the Health Minister's career.
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Voters were also asked how they plan to vote in the same-sex marriage referendum and the response was an emphatic 'yes' – with 62 per cent claiming they'll vote in favour of it.
It's not the only controversial question that was asked – when it comes to abortion – over half the population wants a referendum to decide if we should repeal the 8th amendment.