Poll favours FG but FF limbering up for battle

The opposition may be happy with the latest political poll, but seats, not polls, will win the election, writes Political Reporter Paul O’Brien.

IN 1992, Fianna Fáil under the then Taoiseach Albert Reynolds won just 39% of the vote in the general election.

The calamitous result represented a fall of 5% since the previous election in 1989, and the consequence was a reduction in seats from 77 to 68.