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Sinn Féin should fret as 18-34-year-old age group begins to slip away from it

Sinn Féin are still the most popular party in the polls, but there is no guarantee this will translate into actual votes and seats

Richard Colwell: Budget 2024 fails to deliver hoped-for bounce for government parties

Overriding feeling in the Business Post/Red C poll is that the budget didn't meet voters’ expectations

High expectations may lead to a disappointed electorate

For the first time, support among voters for tax cuts equals support for spending on public services

Fine Gael regain lost ground with public as Sinn Féin drop back

The Leo Varadkar-led party got some reprieve in the latest Business Post/Red C poll, bouncing back to its previous 22 per cent support while the main opposition party’s backing dips to 29 per cent

Sinn Féin success in the North helps drive support in the South

Support for the party is now almost the same as for the two largest government parties combined, while government parties have suffered a backlash against their reaction to anti-refugee protests

Richard Colwell: Poll shows political landscape remains stable despite controversies

Recent events such as the lifting of the eviction ban have not changed the minds of voters who had already decided where their allegiances lie

Housing crisis and its complexities not a clear-cut issue with the public

Voters are also split on their response to the government’s decision to end the ban, with 46 per cent opposing the move and 36 per cent backing it

Ahead of a citizens’ assembly on drug use, poll shows public favour changes in the law

The Business Post/RedC poll shows 70 per cent support for currently illegal drugs to be made available for therapeutic or medicinal use and over 50 per cent support for the regulated sale of cannabis for recreational use

Anti-immigration feeling slowly becoming major political issue

Our Red C poll suggests that the housing and cost of living crises are creating fear and resentment around welcoming refugees – and that this will affect the next election

Forensic press coverage takes the wind out of Sinn Féin’s sails

In the latest Red C poll, a slight drop in support for Sinn Féin, some gains for Fine Gael and a noticeable increase in undecided voters show that it is far from clear who will be in power after the country goes to the polls in two years’ time

Richard Colwell: Budget gives FG a modest bounce as cost of living crisis bites

Today’s Red C/Business Post poll indicates that Fine Gael has benefited from the recent budget, but not as much as might have been hoped

Richard Colwell: Cost of living response is vital if government is to regain support

The coalition parties must present real solutions to the cost of living crisis, or a large proportion of the two-thirds of voters surveyed who now say they are struggling financially are likely to vote Sinn Féin

Richard Colwell: No summer holiday respite for coalition as the pressure mounts

With voters being reminded of the cost of living crisis whenever they go shopping or fill up their car’s tank, the government’s troubles are unlikely to ease any time soon

Richard Colwell: Poll shows how government could win over voters on housing crisis

If the cost of living crisis resolves itself before the next general election, then housing will still be the most dominant issue when the country goes to the polls

Richard Colwell: Confidence in the future diminishing as cost of living crisis bites

The latest Red C poll shows that almost two-thirds of voters feel they have little or no disposable income left after bills are paid

Richard Colwell: Bread-and-butter concerns are more important to voters than left-right dogma

Support is gravitating to Sinn Féin not because of its political ideology, but because more and more people believe it is the party best placed to effect real change

Richard Colwell: Fianna Fáil enjoys the upward side of the see-saw of government support

Fianna Fáil has done well throughout the winter. Now almost 70 per cent of those who voted for the party at the last general election say they would vote for it again. However, this state of affairs may be rebalanced after the handover of the role of Taoiseach at the end of this year

Red C poll: gratitude lacking from voters for post-Covid liberation

Sinn Féin has maintained its lead on the coalition parties, but with another three years to go, the government has time to make up ground

Richard Colwell: For many, the ideal of a united Ireland is more attractive than the reality

Richard Colwell: No budget bounce for coalition as SF’s climb continues

Both Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have lost ground to Mary Lou McDonald’s party, which now sits on 33 per cent as the national divide grows between haves and have-nots