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SUPPORT FOR THE government parties is now at 35% according to a new opinion poll.
The poll of 1,000 people carried out by Paddy Power and RedC was announced on the Today with Sean O’Rourke show on RTÉ Radio One today. It shows that support for government parties is up 13% or four percentage points.
A RedC poll last month had Fine Gael on 24% support, but Enda Kenny’s party are up two points to 26%, with Labour up two points to 9%.
Those gains came at the expense of Fianna Fáil, who are down one point to 17%, while Sinn Féin hold fast at 21%.
Independents and others account for 27% support, down from 30% last month.
The government parties received 55% of the popular vote in 2011, taking 113 seats.
Leaders and marriage
In terms of support from their own party’s voters, Kenny, Joan Burton and Gerry Adams are all on 79%, 74% and 71% support, respectively. Micheal Martin has support of just 55% of Fianna Fail voters.
The poll also asked people how they intend to vote in May’s same-sex marriage referendum. It found that 76% of people intend to vote in favour of the move. It adds that 21% will vote no and 3% don’t know.
Of that, around 60% of the vote is classed as “secure”.
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So, should we only read the journal on a desktop?
@Chef Harold: If you want to ;) Seriously though, the series isn’t a digital detox or telling you how to use your phone. It’s about cutting down on mindless scrolling and the associated stress.
For the last couple of months, I’ve started leaving my phone in my coat pocket when I get in from work (about 6:30pm) for at least 2 hours. Most days I hit that target.
So far I’ve:
- Spent more quality time reading with or playing with the kids before bed.
- Read less articles.
- Viewed less Twitter.
- Got more done around the house.
- not been missed by anyone :(
I’d recommend trying it!
Just installed the checky app to see how many times I still check my phone per day… I’d guess approx 100.
@Noel Tate: Thanks for these tips Noel! That sounds like you’ve been really productive. I’ll be doing a round-up of user tips at the end of the week. If you’d like yours to be included, just drop me a line at aoife@thejournal.ie.
Cutting down on mindless scrolling?
I’d better cut back on thejournal.ie so :-)
@Kerry Blake: Ouch, Kerry! And yet you’ve been reading us for five years ;)
@Aoife Barry: I assume she means the comments section.. Famous for being a sewer.
@Aoife Barry: Yup the 5 years is what is worrying me…..
I havnt used my phone once yet today!! I’m having a ME day!!
@Mark Gerard Lochlain: Good man yourself. Hope you posted that from desktop ;)
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Oh oh downloaded the monitoring app – interesting week ahead after reading article
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