Sinn Féin hold commanding lead as Fine Gael gains ground on Fianna Fáil, poll shows
The Business Post Red C poll puts Fine Gael up two points to 19 per cent, with Fianna Fáil down two to 20 per cent.
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However, they both lag behind Sinn Féin, which is up two on 24 per cent.
The Social Democrats are unchanged on seven per cent, while Labour, the Green Party, and People Before Profit are all on three per cent.
Business Post Editor Daniel McConnell said Mary Lou McDonald's party's tactics are working.
"Sinn Féin now has a four point and five point lead over the two main government parties which is significant given that it has adopted a total opposition approach in the Dáil since the Dáil has been formed, rather than the more constructive approach it had taken in the last Dáil.
"And it seems, for now, certainly you know five or six months in since the general election, it's working for them. So they hold a commanding lead."
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