SF and FG suffer as Greens Shoot Up – Sunday Times Poll

The results of the Local Government and European Elections, both held on the same day last month, produced starkly different results for the main political parties. Fine Gael’s share of the European Election poll, at 30% was almost twice that of Fianna Fáil’s, which came in at 17% nationwide…

While not quite the “Tsunami” that some commentators had described, the Green Party’s performance in the Local Election poll, at 5.5%, still represented a significant increase in support for the party. Sinn Féin would have been extremely disappointed at its performance in both the European and Local polls, dipping below 10% support in the latter, and losing dozens of seats in the process.

Read the report here.