Fall in support for Sinn Féin, opinion poll suggests

There has been a fall in support for Sinn Féin, the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks opinion poll suggests.

This survey of voters indicates a four point drop in support for Sinn Féin, leaving the party on 18% in the first poll since the recent local and European elections.

Fine Gael is up two points to 24%, followed by Fianna Fáil on 20% – which is a three point rise since the last comparable poll in June.

Independents and others are also on 20% but there is a three point drop in support for this group.

The Social Democrats, the Green Party and Aontú are all on 4% support, while Labour is unchanged at 3%.

PBP-Solidarity is up one percentage point to also stand on 3%.

This poll was carried out on Thursday and Friday and the margin of error is 2.6%.