No joy for FF as FG stay strong at the top

Playing the Fine Gael leader as ‘all spin and no strategy’ isn’t working for FF, while independents are up at 13 per cent and Sinn Féin down at 14 per cent

Micheál Martin at the Fianna Fáil think-in at the Grand Hotel in Malahide last weekConor McCabe

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has said that he has enough ‘self confidence’ to trust the verdict of the people rather than the opinion polls.

But the confidence of his backbenchers who are returning to the Dáil this week will certainly be shaken by the results of the latest Sunday Business Post/Red C poll.

Fianna Fáil’s support level has dropped by three points to 22 per cent which is its lowest level in ...