Two new opinion polls show Fine Gael have opened up a gap as the most popular party in the country.
They have an eight to 11-point lead over Fianna Fáil.
There are two new polls this morning – a Behaviour and Attitudes survey for the Sunday Times and the Sunday Independent’s Kantar Milward Brown poll.
Both place Fine Gael on 36% support, with Fianna Fáil on 25% in one and 28% in the other.
Averaging Sinn Féin’s totals would see Mary Lou McDonald’s party on 18% support, while Labour still have seen no increase in support, on 5% in the Times poll and 4% in the Independent.
Solidarity People Before Profit are between one and three points.
Both put the Social Democrats poll at 1%, the Green Party are between 1 and 2 points, and 3-4% support for the Independent Alliance.
Independents are polling between 6% and 9%.