There is significant support for wider availability of abortion, writes Richard Colwell.

Support for Sinn Fein has risen by 2 per cent, while Labour is already starting to feel the backlash in the long run-up to the budget, writes Richard Colwell.

The standout result from the latest Sunday Business Post/Red C tracking poll, published a month after the EU fiscal treaty referendum, is the apparent hangover for Sinn Féin.

Treaty support surges but government's popularity continues to ebb, writes Richard Colwell.

After a difficult month, Fine Gael and Labour have slipped slightly, writes Richard Colwell.

Richard Colwell, of polling company Red C, considers whether Sean Gallagher would have won the presidential election had the unverified tweet not been read out.

Support for the fiscal treaty has increased, but Sinn Féin will relish the publicity it can gain by seeking a No vote, writes Richard Colwell.

This latest poll shows the opportunity for change as party loyalties wane, writes Richard Colwell.

Fianna Fáil makes the biggest gains in today's Sunday Business Post/RedC poll, taking 18 per cent of the first preference vote, writes Richard Colwell.

Today's Sunday Business Post/Red C poll sees Seán Gallagher as the overwhelming favourite to be elected as the next president Seán Gallagher has cemented his lead in the race for the presidential ele

Seán Gallagher has taken an impressive lead, but he could still face stiff competition from Michael D Higgins

Is the honeymoon over? Fine Gael and Labour - in particular the former - have spent the time since the general election in February enjoying the kind of support that both have been very happy about.

There is nothing like a successful visit by an international leader - or two - to cement a government’s positive public perception and extend its honeymoon period in government. At least that appears to be the finding from the latest Sunday Business

Fine Gael and Labour are slugging it out to win the favour of disaffected Fianna Fáil supporters

Today’s Red C/Sunday Business Post poll confirms that the movements in the political landscape in Ireland identified by previous polls are continuing.

Richard Colwell looks at how opinion polls can come up with such different findings

The recent think-ins and other events have done little to change public perception of the political parties, with support for the opposition surprisingly lukewarm

The retention of support for the Labour Party in this month’s Red C/ Sunday Business Post poll is bad news for Fine Gael.

Brian Cowen’s popularity has plummeted in the two years since he became Fianna Fáil party leader and Taoiseach, according to today’s Sunday Business Post/ RED C poll.

Fine Gael remains the leading party in the country, according to the results of the second Sunday Business Post/RED C poll of 2010.