Taoiseach vows to fight on as support slides

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen vowed to fight in the face of falling poll numbers right up until voting begins next Friday.

Today’s poll has shown a 1% drop in support for Fianna Fáil and this news was delivered to him before he tried to gee-up loyal supporters at a rally in Loughrea. He said the party was not satisfied with its 20% position in the TNS MRBI survey but this would not deter activists from trying to deliver seats in local “mini-elections” across the country.

“I am up for the fight and I am going to continue on right up to the end, as I have done since my public career started.