SUPPORT FOR Sinn Féin has continued to grow since the General Election in Ireland with a new opinion poll showing the party to be 15 points ahead of their nearest rivals.
According to the newly-published Sunday Times/Behaviour and Attitudes poll Mary Lou McDonald's party is now on 35% support.
Fianna Fáil is a distant second, with their support falling two percentage points since the election to sit at 20% in the new poll.
Fine Gael, meanwhile, is just behind on 18% having also witnessed a drop of two percentage points.
Elsewhere, the Greens, Labour and the Social Democrats all see their support fall slightly, down by one percentage point each compared to the election result.
Solidarity People Before Profit are unchanged.
The poll results read as follows:
Sinn Féin 35% (+10)
Fianna Fáil 20% (+2)
Fine Gael 18% (-3)
Green Party 6% (-1)
Solifdarity / PBP 3% (no change)
Labour 3% (-1)
Social Democrats 2% (-1)
Aontú 1% (-1)
Independents 10% (-3)
There is clear support for Mary Lou McDonald as the most popular party leader in Ireland too, with the Sinn Féin chief garnering a 53% satisfaction rating in the poll.
To put that figure into some perspective, her nearest rival, Micheál Martin, scored 31%.
