Labour confident despite bad ratings in opinion poll

Labour are adamant they are not going to be wiped out in the next general election.

A new opinion poll shows the party has so far failed to win any brownie points with the public, despite its major input into the budget.

It is still floundering on a lowly 7% in the satisfaction ratings, unchanged since the last such poll in July.

However Fine Gael's star is on the rise.

Today's Millward Brown survey for the Sunday Independent shows they have gained five points bringing their support to 29%.

However Minister Aodhán O'Ríordán has said Labour's record in Government will ensure they are not defeated at the polls

“Anybody who knows the level of support the labour party has, the constituencies have always returned Labour TDs, the solid support we have, they know that that is not going to happen.

“I know in the final analysis that we will be able to say to people look you might not have liked all that we have done, but look at the state of the country now and look at the contribution of the Labour party has given to this country for the last five years.

“Labour when in Government have always made things better, no other party can say that.”