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Sinn Féin has remained the most popular party among voters since 2021. Alamy Stock Photo

Latest opinion poll reveals a drop in support for Sinn Féin

The poll also found three out of five people think Ireland has taken in too many Ukrainian refugees.

LAST UPDATE | 26 Nov 2023

PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR Sinn Féin has fallen by three points in the last four weeks, a Business Post Red C poll has revealed.

Despite being the party with the largest shift in support this month, it still remains the most popular party with the public at 29%.

Almost every party remains unchanged, bar Fianna Fáil who jumped one point to 16% and The Labour Party who dropped one point to 4%.

Independent candidates also gained one point, rising to 13% support – keeping their place as the fourth most popular group of politicians in the country.

Fine Gael remains at 20%, unchanged from four weeks ago, and are sitting second to Sinn Féin’s lead.

The Green Party have remain unchanged too, matching Labour’s 4%. The margin of error is 3%.

Support for the Social Democrats (6%), People Before Profit (3%) and Aontú (2%) has remained unchanged.

Data collected by the polling company suggests support for Sinn Féin has mostly fluctuated since the announcement of Budget 2023 last year.

A large spike in support was revealed half-way through the year which was immediately followed by a sharp drop in the month that followed.

Despite the fluctuation, the data from the poll shows that none of the three parties in the coalition have been able to surpass Sinn Féin in support in recent years.

Ukrainian refugees

Three in five people respondents to the poll also said that Ireland has taken in too many Ukrainian refugees. Respondents were asked if they agreed or disagreed that since the start of the war in Ukraine Ireland had taken in too many refugees.

62% of people agreed with this statement, while 20% disagreed. 14% of people took a neutral stance and 3% said they didn’t know.

This poll follows on from a Business Post Red C poll from May of this year that asked a broader question of whether Ireland was taking in too many refugees of any nationality.

That poll found that 75% of respondents believed that Ireland was, with 19% saying the country was not.

Close to 98,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Ireland since the outbreak of the war, along with large number of International Protection Applicants.

It was reported last month that an overhaul of the whole Ukraine refugee response is on the cards, with significant changes due to be made in areas such social protection, education and housing. 

There are plans to limit State-provided accommodation for new arrivals from Ukraine is to just 90 days.  

The latest poll was conducted between 17 – 23 November.

With reporting from Cormac Fitzgerald and Christina Finn

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    Jun 4th 2024, 7:24 AM

    They describe a typical Dublin suburb, exciting stuff, surprised they allow comments on such an interesting story.

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    @Eamonn O’Hanrahan: never look back in Ongar, I heard them say.

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    “WWE superstar Sheamus” crucial to what? Who or what is he? WWE stands for?

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    Jun 4th 2024, 9:23 AM

    @Rose Sheridan: Asking those questions in the comments section is the fastest way to an answer I’d say. Much better than, oh I don’t know, typing “WWE Sheamus” into Google?

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    Jun 4th 2024, 7:34 AM

    Sloppy, lazy journalism. Sheamus is from Cabra. A Google search could have told you that.

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    @Lady Ruth Fitzmaurice: That explains why there used to be a big poster of him on an esb box on the Old Navan Road! Thank you. Case closed.

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    Jun 4th 2024, 9:29 AM

    @Lady Ruth Fitzmaurice: He is from Clonsilla, it’s literally written on the WWE website, confirmed by him and on all wrestling bio websites.
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    Jun 4th 2024, 12:46 PM

    @Alex: On the WWE website it just says that he is from Dublin, the same goes for FoxSports.
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    @Alex: really. When I worked with him he was from Cabra. Even Google knows that. My searches aren’t necessary aa I got it from the man himself

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    Between an Bord Pleanála and County Councils and greedy developers, they have created monsters out of our towns and villages. Time to take a more sensible and sympathetic approach to planning permission and development!!

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    What’s unique about Clonsilla and distinguishes it from other communities mentionef is the presence of the Royal canal. Access from the village to the canal as amenity needs to be improved. Also bordering the village is the iconic Deep Sinking gorge. Unbelievable the article contains no reference whatsoever to the canal and its potential. Lost in plain sight?

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