Government support remains steady

The latest RED C Sunday Business Post political opinion poll reveals that support for all the major parties remains generally unchanged.

The monthly tracking poll shows that Fianna Fáil drop one point to 39% while Labour sees a similar drop to 10%.

Sinn Féin and the Independents are the only groups to gain popularity rising to 8% and 7% respectively.

Fine Gael holds steady at 27%, a sure sign that they are holding onto support they gained during the General Election campaign.

The poll of 1,000 voters from across the country is also good news for the Green Party who continue to hold to 7%.

The result proves that Green voters have not been turned off the party since it went into coalition with Fianna Fáil.

Many political pundits predicted that the Greens' support would suffer following their ascension to government benches believing that they would be Fianna Fáil scapegoats.

The poll was conducted prior to the latest developments in the ongoing Aer Lingus saga, the overhaul of the provisional driving licenses and the pay rises for civil servants.