Varadkar confident Coalition can win back support

The Coalition parties will recover their support before the next general election, Leo Varadkar, the transport and tourism minister, has said.

He was reacting to the latest opinion poll showing a continued slide in support for Labour and a steady recovery for Fianna Fáil.

A negative public reaction to the budget seems to have had a bigger impact on Labour, whose support dropped three points since November to 11% this week — its lowest since 2008.