Fianna Fail is now the most popular party according to a new opinion poll.
The Sunday Times poll puts Michael Martin’s party on 29% – six points ahead of Fine Gael – which has seen its support drop by three points.
Unaligned independents are up six points to 15% – their highest level of support in several years – however the Independent Alliance is down two points to 3%.
Sinn Fein is down two points to 17%, while both the Labour Party and the AAA-PBP group are on 5% each.