Poll Shows Slight Fall In Support For Government Parties

Poll shows slight fall in support for government parties

A new poll has shown a slight fall in support for the coalition parties. However the changes in the Red C poll for Paddy Power are within the margin of error of 3 per cent. Fine Gael drops one point to 30 per cent, while Labour are down two to 8. There are one point gains for Fianna Fáil to 18, and the Anti-Austerity Alliance to 4. Sinn Féin is unchanged on 17 per cent, while independnet support is down one point to 15, although the Independent Alliance is up 2 points to 4. The Social Democrats are unchanged on 3 per cent, while there's no change for the Greens on 2 or Renua on 1. The poll of 1,002 adults was carried out between Thursday and Monday - the first five days of the camaign.