Politics

Red C poll: Kite flying fails to reap rewards, with Independents on the rise

The government has started making election promises early this year but so far its not resonating with voters

Taoiseach Simon Harris made an announcement on investment in student accommodation: The lack of a bounce in support as a result of some of his possible budget giveaways is somewhat explained by voter attitudes Picture: RollingNews.ie

The weeks since Simon Harris was elected as party leader for Fine Gael and voted in as taoiseach has seen several very early pre-budget kites being flown on possible giveaways by both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

The result of this early kite flying, however, has not been particularly positive for either of the main government parties. Fine Gael does see a marginal gain of 1 per cent in the last month, but given the ...