POLL SHOCK AMID ANGRY PROTESTS

FINE GAEL leader Enda Kenny is under renewed pressure today after a shock poll showed his party now level with Fianna Fáil and a stunning nine points behind Labour.

The results will spark further doubts within Fine Gael about Mr Kenny’s position, as they lend credence to Labour leader Eamon Gilmore’s claim that he can be Taoiseach after the next election.

That election loomed ever closer after a dramatic first day of the new Dáil session, which was marked by several furious protests outside Leinster House and saw the Government’s own survival thrown into doubt.