FF faces election disaster in poll fallout

FIANNA Fáil faces a bloodbath in the triple set of elections on June 5 after a poll showed Fine Gael with an unprecedented 17-point lead over Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s party.

Mr Cowen’s personal approval ratings have sunk and just one in 10 people say they are satisfied with his government – a situation that will be desperately hard to retrieve with just three weeks to polling day.

The poll shows support for Fine Gael up six points to 38%, while Fianna Fáil has fallen by a further point to just 21%. Never before has Fine Gael been so far ahead of its main rival.