Fine Gael and Sinn Féin big winners in latest opinion poll

Fine Gael is on course to be the biggest party in the Dáil after the General Election, according to a recent opinion poll.

The latest Ipsos/MRBI poll in today's Irish Times shows support for the party has risen two percentage points since September to 30%.

The satisfaction ratings of the Government and Enda Kenny have also risen.

Support for Labour continues to fall, however, it is down one point to 7%.

Sinn Féin is up two points to 21%, Fianna Fáil has dropped one point to 19% and support for Independents or others is down two points to 23%.

The poll was conducted via face-to-face interviews on Monday and Tuesday of this week among a representative sample of 1,200 adult voters at 100 sampling points in all constituencies.

The margin of error is +/-2.8%.