Support for FF edges up despite turmoil

FIANNA FÁIL crawled off rock bottom last night but remains on course for huge losses at the next election, an opinion poll revealed.

Fine Gael and Labour cemented their commanding lead over the Government as Fianna Fáil stayed mired in third place – but the party did gain two points despite presiding over a vicious December budget.

The snapshot survey of opinion shows support for the three main parties remaining virtually frozen with Fine Gael gaining a point to 32%, Labour dropping one to 24% and Fianna Fáil up two points to 22%, with the Greens down one to 3%, Sinn Féin down one to 8% and the independents unchanged on 11%.