Poll finds rise in support for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil as Sinn Féin slips again

COALITION PARTIES

The top issue for voters ahead of the budget is housing once again.

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1 Sep

SUPPORT FOR THE two main coalition parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, has risen while voters have continued to sour on the prospect of a Sinn Féin led government, according to a new Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll.

Fine Gael are the most popular party in the country on 25% with Fianna Fáil taking second place on 21% support from the public, the poll showed.

Their junior coalition partners, the Green Party, has remained on 4% while Sinn Féin has dropped by 1% down to 18% support.

As for the other parties in the Dáil, the Social Democrats have gained one point to reach 4%, the Labour Party has remained on 4%, Aontú lost a point and now has 3% support, Solidarity-People Before Profit saw no change to its 2% support and Independents/Other went up from 18% to 19%. 

When it comes to issues voters think the government should prioritise in the upcoming Budget, measures to get more houses built came out as the most pressing, with 45% of respondents picking it as their number one.

Investment in infrastructure came in second on 33% while increasing the numbers of gardaí, teachers and nurses came third with 29%.