Latest poll shows slump for SF, Labour regaining ground

Sinn Féin is seeing a significant fall in support in the latest opinion poll as the party's Ard Fheis takes place in Mayo.

A Millward Brown tracking poll for the Sunday Independent poll to be published tomorrow shows Fianna Fáil remains the most popular party in the country, while there's a significant recovery for Labour.

The poll shows support for Sinn Fein down four points to 16%, while Fine Gael is also down one point to 24%, some two-thirds of the support it gained in the general election two years ago.

Labour is showing some signs of a recovering after the disastrous Meath East by-election, gaining three points to 12%.

Fianna Fáil remains the most popular party in the country on 27%, although that's down 2 percentage points in the past month.

Independents and Others meanwhile go up two points to 18%.

Satisfaction with the Government is just 17%, with 75% dissatisfied.

All party leaders see their satisfaction ratings with the electorate fall with Tánaiste and Labour leader Eamon Gilmore the least popular.

Meanwhile two-thirds of poll respondents don't believe the banks will act fairly towards struggling homeowners, with more than half favouring a referendum on upward-only rent reviews.