Rabbitte: FG/Lab alliance neck and neck with Coalition
Mr Rabbitte was speaking as the latest Red C/Sunday Business Post poll showed a post-budget surge of three points for Fianna Fáil to 37%. The Progressive Democrats remained static at 3%.
However, with Fine Gael down four points to 23% and Labour unchanged at 13%, neither the Government nor the alternative coalition would be in a position to form a government without additional support if a general election were held now.