Bruising eight months takes toll on Government

THE trend of dissatisfaction with the Government parties continues, with Fianna Fáil and the PDs recording their lowest rating since the local and European elections in June 2004, an Irish Examiner/Lansdowne Market Research poll shows.

Polls in October 2004 and June 2005 had put the Government's satisfaction rate at 43% and 42%, respectively.

The downward trend continues in this poll, with only 37% of those polled satisfied with the Government's performance. A further 42% were dissatisfied.