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Michelle O'Neill and Mary Lou MacDonald Sam Boal via RollingNews.ie

Sinn Féin support growing at the expense of government parties, poll shows

Sinn Féin support is at 34%, while Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are on 20% and 15% respectively.

SINN FÉIN HAS once again come out on top in the polls, as government parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael continue to slip.

The latest Business Post/Red C Poll reveals that support for Sinn Féin has grown in the last month, rising three points to 34%.

Meanwhile, Fine Gael support drops by two points and Fianna Fáil support drops by one.

They sit at 20% and 15% respectively.

The Sinn Féin surge can also be seen across the border, where last week the party claimed 144 out of 462 council seats, making it the largest party in Northern Irish local government.

The Social Democrats scooped another point and are now on 6%.

The new poll shows that support for the Green Party (4%) and the Labour Party (4%) hasn’t changed in the last month.

Aontú is down one point and Solidarity-People Before Profit is up one, now sitting at 3%.

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    Mute Caoimhghín Ó Tuama
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    May 15th 2014, 5:31 PM

    Good to see some reality in the conversation about property.

    A slight pick up in construction activity will more than meet the demand rise in Dublin. And even at that, the higher end parts of your biggest City are supposed to be out of reach for the majority – they wouldn’t be the higher end areas otherwise.

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    Mute Noongirl Fiveoclockshadow
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    May 15th 2014, 5:46 PM

    Balance at last, the way the media were talking you’d swear they’re weren’t thousands of people on the verge of losing their homes every month.

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    Mute Sean O'Keeffe
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    May 15th 2014, 5:58 PM

    Some conflicting reports out recently regarding the property market.
    A sustainable recovery cannot occur until after the economy has corrected, approaches full employment and take home after tax incomes are rising.
    The solvency of irish banks remains questionable.

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    Mute Peter Richardson
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    May 15th 2014, 7:05 PM

    Sean, all good points. I doubt that if full provision were to be made for mortgage arrears and SME bad debt, the Irish regulated banks, with the doubtful exception of Bank of Ireland, are substantially insolvent.

    I look at the quarterly returns of the mortgage impairments to the Central Bank if Ireland and I’m convinced that impairments are under provisioned for.

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    Mute Peter Richardson
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    May 15th 2014, 7:14 PM

    I should correct that. I meant to doubt the solvency of the Irish banks, or more pointedly, to say that I think that they are substantially insolvent. Of course, the Irish Banks will contend that the value of security properties is increasing.,

    The only limited blue sky is that for buy to let’s, increased rental values will give a better prospect meeting mortgage repayments. But that will not make a significant favourable impact on the overall mortgage arrears situation.

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    Mute Brendan Boyd
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    May 15th 2014, 5:43 PM

    Why pay when AIB are halving mortgages for the financially feckless. The penny has dropped with the rest.

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    Mute Thomas Dooly
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    May 15th 2014, 5:49 PM

    So now they’re becoming financially reckless too

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    Mute Peter Richardson
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    May 15th 2014, 9:08 PM

    Brendan, the tired and silly old nonsense about strategic default. Idiocy thrives.

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    Mute Paul Roche
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    May 15th 2014, 5:09 PM

    Honohan asked the banks to produce statistics to show they were “engaging” with those in arrears, so they did.
    We now see they didn’t do anything to improve the default risk. Why pay a mortgage if you’re under water in negative equity? If price rises are temporary we should see another bubble burst in the Dublin market, and with rents at record levels, we should see the carpet naggers have a field day.

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    Mute Paul Roche
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    May 15th 2014, 5:09 PM

    * carpet baggers (dammit)

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    Mute Rick Grimes
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    May 15th 2014, 5:19 PM

    You nearly became a ni**er guy

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    Mute Paul Roche
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    May 15th 2014, 5:30 PM

    Almost Rick,
    I was attempting and corrected my use of a very different phrase which also has root in the Deep South.

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    Mute George Grey
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    May 15th 2014, 5:53 PM

    Euro growth slowing……house repossessions growing……mortgage arrears stagnating……jobless figures not budging…..disposable incomes slaughtered…….Water charges spouting. …..politicians spouting….rubbish! All rubbish. We are in a hole and digging.

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    Mute Peter Richardson
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    May 15th 2014, 7:06 PM

    George, that’s cheating! You have introduced reality.

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    Mute GATHERINGYOURMONEY14
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    May 16th 2014, 9:23 PM

    “Perfect timing for the government to introduce a scheme to fund a new bubblebust”

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    Mute Rick Grimes
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    May 15th 2014, 5:19 PM

    Boo boo. Enjoy being homeless

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    Mute Thomas Dooly
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    May 15th 2014, 5:33 PM

    P. Grimes

    Yawn !

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    Mute Rick Grimes
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    May 15th 2014, 5:58 PM

    P. ?

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    May 15th 2014, 6:17 PM

    I think Rick he meant you spelled your name wrong is there not a P before the R?

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    Mute Thomas Dooly
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    May 15th 2014, 6:33 PM

    Oh ,silly me !

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    Mute Peter Richardson
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    May 15th 2014, 9:11 PM

    Grimy Dick is as juvenile as his remark.

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    Mute DaveMac
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    May 15th 2014, 9:50 PM

    Too right Rick, no one should give a c€€p about these dopes haha

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    Mute Thomas Dooly
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    May 16th 2014, 9:20 AM

    How’s the pretend house hunting going ,Dave(s) :)

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    Mute DaveMac
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    May 16th 2014, 2:56 PM

    Going grand, closing in on some nice places in Drumcondra, waiting for the dust to settle on this rise we have been seeing and with prices down all year so far it seems that’s happening

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    Mute Thomas Dooly
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    May 16th 2014, 7:30 PM

    Hahahaha! I take it that you’ll be watching that soft porn documentary ( Desperate House -hunters ) on RTE ? ;)

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    Mute DaveMac
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    May 15th 2014, 9:47 PM

    More and more of these poor defaulters having to sell up makes me happy.. God it feels great not to have debt hanging over me :-)

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    Mute Thomas Dooly
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    May 16th 2014, 9:24 AM

    All buy to lets ,Dave …Was listening to that lovely man ,Burgess ,this morning … Talking about Banks doing deals with 90% of people in arrears :) Great cheap houses in Athlone / Laois /Cavan / Carlow / etc Maybe Navan will be your final destination ..Happy pretend house hunting :)

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    May 16th 2014, 2:58 PM

    I have viewed a number of repossessed and bank owned houses in Dublin.. They exist, but not cheap as they are being released slowly but they do exist

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    May 16th 2014, 7:33 PM

    You’re a one off ,Dave :)

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    May 15th 2014, 6:40 PM

    Don’t mention the war !

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    Mute James Kiernan
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    May 15th 2014, 9:42 PM

    During the war….

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