Only 17% of voters are giving Stephen Donnelly a clean bill of health

Stephen Donnelly is under intense pressure to get a firmer handle on his brief with fewer than one in five voters saying the Minister for Health is performing his job well in the latest Business Post/Red C poll.

The most recent results come as the coalition fractures over next year’s funding for the health service with opposition parties rounding on the government over what has been described by Sinn Féin as a deliberate decision to ...