Poll puts Fine Gael on 41% support

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny is enjoying an extended political honeymoon as he approaches 100 days in office, with the latest opinion poll showing support for his Fine Gael party higher now than it was at the general election.

The visits of US President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II appear to have given a major boost to Fine Gael, support for which is at 41% — five points higher than its 36% first-preference vote in the election and the highest since the Red C poll began in 2004.

But the “Obama Bounce” has not been as beneficial for the Labour Party whose support, at 19%, remains the same since the general election on February 25.