Politics

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald the most popular choice to be next Taoiseach

The Sinn Féin leader is seen as the best option by 32 per cent of voters with Leo Varadkar coming in second on 20 per cent

Mary Lou McDonald: manages to reach beyond her Sinn Féin vote base when it comes to the issue of representing ordinary people. Picture: PA

Mary Lou McDonald, the Sinn Féin leader, is the most popular choice to be the next Taoiseach in the latest Business Post/Red C poll.

She is seen as the best option for the job by 32 per cent of voters in a result which closely tracks Sinn Féin’s own support level of 31 per cent.

The next most popular option for voters is Leo Varadkar, the current Taoiseach, who gets 20 per cent of the ...