Cancer scandal fails to dent FG’s popularity

Fine Gael at 35 per cent, a two point gain from last month’s poll

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar with cabinet colleagues Simon Harris and Josepha Madigan Picture: Rollingnews

Fine Gael appears to have emerged unscathed from the cervical cancer scandal, with the party’s support now at its highest level for six years in the latest Sunday Business Post/Red C poll.

The party is now at 34 per cent, which is two points up on last month’s Red C poll.

The results suggest that the public has laid the blame for the failure to notify at least 162 women about false smear ...