Richard Colwell |
8 years ago
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.
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.
Never before has there been so much advance discussion of a budget. In recent weeks, the government has repeatedly flagged its possible intentions for the budget package, in order to gauge the public reaction.
The final Lisbon Treaty poll before the election on Friday shows stable support for the Yes camp, indicating that the treaty will be passed.
Even beleaguered Fianna Fáil’s popularity levels have not dropped quite as much as was previously thought
Fianna Fáil has the most to lose, while Fine Gael is remaining stationary for now
After the radical shifts in public support for political parties witnessed in last month’s Red C/Sunday Business Post poll, today sees the state of play settling back to more familiar levels.
There is now no doubt that the Irish electorate is looking for an alternative political option - and the Labour Party is reaping the benefits of that shift in attitude.