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FIANNA FÁIL REMAINS the country’s most popular party despite a fall in approval numbers according to the latest opinion poll.
The poll, conducted by Red C research for the Sunday Business Post, sees Fianna Fáil’s approval ratings standing at 27%, down two percentage points from the 29% seen in the most recent poll taken in July.
Fine Gael’s popularity stands at 25%, down one point, while Sinn Féin’s numbers have improved by two points to 15%.
Elsewhere, independent TDs have moved up three points to 10%, Labour is up one point to 7% popularity, the Anti Austerity Alliance / People Before Profit moves up one point to 6%, and the Social Democrats remains unchanged at 4%.
The main losers in the poll, other than Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, are the Independent Alliance (down 1% to 4%) and the Green Party (down two points to 2%).
The poll is the first taken since a number of controversies involving the Independent Alliance took form, including its ministers voting against the government in August’s Dáil vote regarding an abortion referendum, and Waterford TD John Halligan recently being at loggerheads with his cabinet colleagues regarding the provision of cardiac services at Waterford University Hospital.
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Lying to people will do that.
What lies did the AAA-PBP tell??
Well they say paul Murphy cares about the ppl in Tallaght!
He couldn’t give a rats about us!!!
All about promoting Paul’s ego!
Good news on FF support going in the right direction!
Pity so many still fall for their shit e
Yeah Ciaran. Murphy charged himself with false imprisonment just to promote his ego. Cop on you eejit.
Ah billy,
How’s things?
Murphy is a clown
Copinger is a clown
In fact the whole lot of you are muppets!!!
Any word on coppinger givin up her teaching post yet?
Or does talking about it not sit well with your socialist/Venezuelan policies?
@Trevor Beale
Enough talking crap from mehole, its time for action and he is not the one to trust.
@Billy Mooney: Elitist Billy? You really shoudn’t debate on behalf of a party if you can’t stay above name calling
I just tell it like I see it Sum.
Completely agree with you about Paul Murphy…a caviar socialist if ever there was one..Joe Higgins was so much better to the latest crowd on the left
Fantastic results for left wing parties in this poll Billy. Ye really have used the worst recession in history to present people with a genuine alternative to the ff/FG duopoly on government
Get a life man your taking up space with your haha etc
@Noel: I just tell it like I see it Noel.
@nousername: Not a good poll for any of the parties other than independents and the sockies, who will be surprised the Donnelly departure hasn’t registered with the electorate.
Look at the news flow in the last month
1. Apple
2. Jobstown trials
3. Water protest on a sunny day
SF are at 15%, they were polling 18% before the election
AAA are at 6% with their 3 biggest cards played
Will be interesting to see polls in a month
@Paul Meade: I think considering those 3 points, it’s a good poll for FF/FG good point re the SD and SF are doing ok.
Percentage FG 25.5% FF24.3% SF13.8%
They are all up and that is bad news for the left (exc labour).
Wally, You forgot the part where Paul Murphy charged his legal bills to the working class!
25%…which is 1/4 the population.on other words 75% dos trust, dislike and want you gone
The biggest scammers and chancers since the Pyramid Schemes of the 80′s.
@Stephen Duggan: Wait till the big spoof is revealed when they refuse to support a bill to do something they promised in their manifesto.
There were some good pyramid schemes in the 00s also.
@For Connolly: I suppose that you guys are fully in support of abolishing Irish Water – with the exception of Lynn of course.
@now-now-now: Still repeating the same spoof?
Off ya go now, post your spin……
@now-now-now: Irish water will get a €660m bailout this year — More wasted TAX PAYERS money!!!
So nownownow … can you in anyway justify the capital and operational costs of IW when the UK have shown that metres dont conserve watwr bit only add peripheral cost. Or are just a cheap comment thrower?
@For Connolly: Now now Jammin – don’t get upset when you hear the truth. Poor auld Lynn let the cat out of the bag!
@lavbeer: What????
Because they are dirty rotten filthy liars.Not suprised really….
He looks like he’s driving the bus. Brum brum.
Its beyond belief that 27% would still vote FF. How thick are those people. Totally clueless.
And the twin at 25 means around half the country. Things haven’t changed much since election which should help the budget.
A party that brought in the troika, saddled us and future generations with a debt not of our own and ruined the country. Yes Eamon…theyre THICK
Yes Eamon they are so thick just because they are loyal to the party.The party that drove us off the cliff at the expense of generations to come to cover banks and bonds.Apologies Seamus Og for jumping the gun answering such a stupid question but are we as a nation really that stupid to trust this treasonous party again…..
True Seamus have to agree about FF but people are fickle
Think of all the death and destruction SF/IRA caused for decades and yet people still vote for them Hard to understand
@John003: Do you have any comprehension John of the reality of NI over the past 50 years? The festering failed state that produced inequalities so gross that the people rebelled. Yes there were horrors, more committed by the Unionist terrorists and forces of Ulster than by the IRA btw.
Any comprehension that SF and the IRA led from the front on the ceasefire and that the UDF etc had to be dragged into it 2 years later.
I’m not a SF or IRA supporter, but sweet jebus I like to bring logic and impartialty to a situation
BTW = compare the transit of NI to that of the lionised Nelson Mandela’s SA.
Seamus Og. Agree, but you haven’t gone far enough. The bulk of them appear to be ignorant, certainly. Ignorant and reckless of the damage their preferences create. But it IS a deliberate vote. So they’re also malignant, a poisonous self-serving gang of crooks and mé-feiners. I used to think it was amnesia. But I now believe that’s too easy on them. They’re the footsoldiers in Mehole’s plans. And anyone who supports him is as corrupt and complicit as any fully paid up FF party member.
Said like a true FFer Eamon, party first, country a very distant second. Anyone who is associated with FF should still be hanging their heads in shame
Not surprised Ramon, the truth hurts
Ireland really is a desperate place!! How can it be that a country full of very intelligent people prefer a political party who practically bankrupted the country and saddled ordinary people with rich people’s gambling debts, to other political parties? It’s almost laughable. It says more about the rest of them I suppose. Unless a few proper politicians, with no agenda other than making proper decisions that benefit the country’s long term future come along, we are doomed!!
Because we don’t want left socialists who love the social class
Let me know where these very intelligent people hang out. I have yet to bumped into any of them.
@Ben Gunn: People like to surround themselves with like minded people…..
I believe it was the great George Carlin who said: “think about how stupid the average person is, and realise that half of them are stupider than that”
Completely agree Rodrigo but the left wing politicians seem more interested in staying in small niche partys which allow them bluster complete nonsense
@Gary Smith: A missed opportunity, but they all play the political game and you wonder who is actually trying to work in the best interests of the electorate.
@Gary Smith: Nail on head.
Cmon Micheál.
Don’t make the same mistake as Enda.
Scupper the thing while you’re ahead.
Is it possible that people are getting a bit of sense at last?
@John….we can only hope!
I still find it very hard to believe that Irish people are so stupid and have such short memories. Do people not remember what FF did to this County?
Lies damaging them severely…
If these or FG are ever voted in again, I’m changing nationality, and joining the Church of the Worthless Miracle.
Well you seek your membership form now because it’s a mathematical certainly that one or both of these parties will form the next government.
Unfortunately true, mickmac. Better get me prayer mat out and light a few candles.
Thank f(uk
Water hypocrites and self serving gombeens!
FF are so bent if they ate nails they would shite screws. Haughey, Berty, Lowry etc etc
Lowly is not Fianna Fail
@Eddie Byrne: Please don’t forget the Godfather of Greed himself, CJH – don’t EVER forget him and what he did.
It would be hard to trust them in government to be honest, they ruined the country and the same idiots are still leading the party to do it again. Let them sit it out for a few more years and they might learn something.
All going as expected.
It’s dipped because we don’t know what Fianna Fail stands for.
If doesn’t make a difference who are in,They are one more tax or scandal from being dragged out of Leinster house. We had scandal with FF,lies from FG and the most arrogant betrayal imaginable from labour they literally sold their souls,If labour pulled what they pulled in any other country I’d imagine there would of been Marshall law and revolution.
On the verge of a radical left government. All those years of austerity & water protests really transferring into votes for the left.
@DPentony.
Not sure how you reckon that theLeft is really going places. Total ‘left ‘vote (on basis of latest poll) gives the Left 34% if you include Labour or 27% if you don’t. Long way to go to form alternative Govt
@Mary King It’s called sarcasm.
We all know that Fianna Fail will form the next government, it’s so obvious. That’s what happens when you have a moronic electorate.
FF play the game so well…
FF propping up a government led by Enda Kenny well outside of his use by date new politics my arse !
The longer they stay with this government the less support they will get.
@@mdmak33: November I reckon, when the commission comes back on water……. I would also say that this is why they set their “new” stall out re water.
@@mdmak33:
The biggest fear FG had going into this government was that only they would suffer the inevitable fall in the polls that being in government brings.
I believe if FF are seen to take equal hit in the polls this government could go the distance.
Thing is FF have to grow to higher percentage quick. They are stagnant because they attract mostly elderly voters and they’ll dwindle out eventually.
Besides they can’t afford the bill for Werther’s Originals each Ard Fheis. Time is ticking.
I despise ff Peter but I disagree..their support will rise. There’s a substantial floating vote in this country and some of that will go to the party they believe will form the next government. Also in some constituencies ff would have won 2 seats had they run 2 candidates in last election..I find it sickening but unfortunately there aren’t any credible alternatives. This country drastically needs a left of centre liberal party which makes it more of a shame that the social Democrats won’t grow
FF liars
High 20s again for F.F. shows constructive opposition is working. Quite Impressive when you rarely see a commentator say anything positive about F.F.
@doorhandler: Constructive opposition would involve them opposing, albeit constructively. When in reality they aare propping them up in power. They’re fooling nobody except their most loyal supporters. We have a FF/FG led government with a handful of independents to make up the numbers so FF can control the opposition benches.
What is to oppose? They agreed on everything beforehand.
That’s is your opinon F.C and like a lot of your opinions you express on this site you are totally wrong. F.F. do not have 27% loyal supporters in the country as shown in 2011. F.F. are the lead party in opposition in this country. You might not like the situation but it’s fact.
FG are in power because no party would support FF to form a government.
Never vote for Fianna Fail
A shaggin shower of Puckers
They can puck a ball from Cork to Youghal
But take us all for suckers
Never vote for Fine Gael
In bed with all the Banksters
They’ll max your tax and fill their sacks
Like Chicago gangsters
What about poor Labour
Now a washed out amphibian
Would you do them a big favour
And vote them into oblivion
Never Vote for Sinn Fein
You’ll regret it, there’s no doubt
‘Cos if you ever let them in
You’ll never get them out
How about Renua
Headless chickens in the coup
They’ll get eaten alive, and not survive
The puckers ‘ll have their bones for soup
So Donald’s left, you know he’s right
He’ll build some mighty walls
A vote for Trump gives some the ‘ump
But at least he has the balls.
Brilliant!☺
They all lie – it’s the game they are in. But FF do it so well. That they managed to get the result they got in the recent election, shows that. Sometimes it all goes back to the devil you know. FG – please, Labour – no – and the left who can’t even get on which each other? Hmmmmm.
Me thinks it’s time for a few Pirates…Yar!
I can’t believe how they have 1%
Please stop telling the truth in opinion polls! Make them worry, then the buggers might work for our best interests! And stop voting for the status quo. Terrible malarkey altogether.
Face on him like we’ll slapped arse
Goes to show you can fool some of the people all the time
That news has ruined my week-end….would you believe…..feel a severe bout of sceptism coming on….
A populous party who destroyed our country….sleeezely waiting for FG and co to feck up ago they can mooch in.Think of the day when you met your lover, and some cheapskate tries to move in…..that’s Fianna Fail.
Time to ban school teachers from politics???
SDs and Greens should amalgamate. They could eventually take over from Labour as our main centre left party.
@James Xenophon: Remember when the Greens were in government last?
Please God let the masses never forget what this lying, power hungry excuse of a political party ever get into office again…!!!! They have ruined the future of my children and my grandchildren.
Please God the masses will never again vote in this lying, power hungry excuse of a political party..!! They have ruined the future of my children, my grandchildren and my country…!!!
Please God let the masses never vote in this lying, power hungry excuse of a political party ever again..!! They ruined the future of my children, my grandchildren and my country.
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