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Support for Labour has fallen (again) as Sinn Féin support increases (again)

Labour is down two to 7 per cent, Sinn Féin is up one point to 21 per cent while Fine Gael holds steady on 24.

A NEW OPINION poll has shown that Fianna Fáil and Labour have both lost support.

The Red C poll for today’s Sunday Business Post puts Labour down two points to 7% while Fianna Fáil drops one point to 18%.

Fine Gael comes out unchanged on 24% – a three point lead over Sinn Féin.

However, it also found that 19% of those who voted Fine Gael are now planning to vote for Sinn Féin – which has gone up one point to 21%.

Independents and others are up two to 30% – the Greens are up one to 3% while Lucinda Creighton’s new party on is on 1%.

The poll also looks at who support Sinn Féin and the Independents. The majority of new voters for both came from past Fine Gael voters.

The Red C poll interviewed over 1,000 adults between last Monday and Wednesday.

Read: Government parties are up FIVE POINTS in the first poll of the year

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    Aug 13th 2022, 7:11 AM

    The reality is that we’ll never not have nuclear weapons. The big players may in fact reduce their numbers, but reducing their number of nukes will only be an exchange for upgrading their stocks to more powerful ones.

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    Mute Eric Foley
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    Aug 13th 2022, 12:11 PM

    @Wooden Spoon: what’s more ‘powerful’ than a hydrogen bomb? Nothing.

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    Aug 13th 2022, 3:15 PM

    @Eric Foley: Ten Hydrogen bombs in one unit, called a MIRV. Much more threatening than a single hydrogen bomb dropped by an aircraft. There’s ALWAYS a potential upgrade, be it in yield, reliability or delivery versatility.

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    Aug 13th 2022, 9:35 AM

    We should be rightly proud of our diplomatic staff engaged in this work. It may not be successful but it shows that our small neutral country can declare before the world that there is another way, that the endless manufacture of weapons of mass destruction can only lead to annihilation. Pity this report is one-sided but we should be thankful for any effort.
    Well played Ireland!

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    Mute Paolo
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    Aug 13th 2022, 7:26 AM

    Headline is misleading….

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    Mute Lad
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    Aug 13th 2022, 7:22 AM

    Given our status in the UN security council currently I feel we should definitely be able to influence and negotiate for a good deal, maybe three for the price of two?

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    Mute Ajax Penumbra
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    Aug 13th 2022, 7:34 AM

    @Lad: Free keg of Guinness for every five weapons decommissioned; be grand!

    Seriously, though— even outside of Ireland’s position on the UNSC, we have a decent amount of respect and influence in the area of nuclear nonproliferation and weapons control in general. During the summer, Ireland presented a draft declaration to protect civilians from explosive weapons in populated areas which is due to be signed this October. This is a big success for Ireland and the negotiation team and is a major accomplishment during our time on the UNSC.

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    Aug 13th 2022, 12:41 PM

    Arguably Nuclear weapons has brought a level of piece between large military powers, if there were no fear of nuclear attack I think a lot of conflicts may have escalated a lot more. NATO have stayed out of the Ukraine war in fear of Russian retaliation could you imagine what would happen if we didn’t have anything hold them back it would be carnage.

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    Aug 13th 2022, 2:16 PM

    @Jonny Parkinson: to hold who back ? and who is ‘we’ ?

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    Mute THINK Paddy THINK
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    Aug 14th 2022, 2:16 AM

    The article is a propaganda stunt.

    It fails to mention which countries have used atomic weapons

    It is putting the whole emphasis of danger on Russia.

    It forgets that Ireland is de facto no longer neutral and voiceless in the nuclear arms issue.

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