Red C Poll

Varadkar still preferred leader among Fine Gael supporters

Good news for the Taoiseach as 52 per cent say they want him to lead the party into the next election, with the Minister for Higher Education, Simon Harris, garnering 14 per cent of the votes

Leo Varadkar has plenty of support for his leadership of Fine Gael, according to the latest Red C/Business Post poll

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is the most popular choice for the majority of Fine Gael voters to lead their party into the next election, according to the latest Red C/Business Post poll.

The finding will come as a relief to Varadkar following a series of poor opinion polls for Fine Gael and a slew of announcements about Fine Gael TDs not running for re-election.

There had been internal party speculation about whether Fine Gael would fare ...