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Fianna Fáil still most popular party in latest opinion poll

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's Fine Gael party trails Micheál Martin's Fianna Fáil
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's Fine Gael party trails Micheál Martin's Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil is more popular than Fine Gael for the second month in a row, according to the latest opinion poll.

The Behaviour and Attitudes poll for tomorrow's Sunday Times suggests that support for Fianna Fáil is at 30% - the highest it has been since November 2017.

The poll suggests that the party has a four-point lead over Fine Gael, which it puts at 26%.

Both parties increased their support levels since the same opinion poll last month.

A surge in support for the Green Party - which jumped from 5% to 11% in June - has abated somewhat, dropping four percentage points to 7%. 

Sinn Féin has recovered some support, gaining two points to 14%. Support for independents dropped from 13% to 8% in the poll.

There has been little change among the other parties and groups, with support unchanged for Labour at 5%, Solidarity-People Before Profit at 2% and the Social Democrats at 1%.

There have been slight increases for the Independent Alliance, from 3% to 4%; and for both Aontú and Renua, who were on zero in the last poll but scored 1% in tomorrow's poll.

The survey involved face-to-face interviews with 902 people, in all constituencies, between 4 July and 16 July.

The margin of error is 3.3%.