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The Taoiseach has dismissed the latest opinion poll that places its party at the lowest level of support in history.
Micheál Martin has said that “no government can conduct opinion polls from month to month, and it shouldn’t.”
A poll released today shows that support for Fianna Fáil plummeted to just 10%.
Fine Gael is still the most popular party in the country at 35%, this is an increase from the 21% they received in this year’s general elections.
Support for Sinn Féin has remained more or less static at 27%.
However, the Red C Poll published in the Sunday Business Post shows a massive drop in support for Micheál Martin’s party. Fianna Fáil has dropped from 22% in the general election to just 10% now.
Martin has also been forced to address criticism from within his own ranks after he was reportedly criticized at a parliamentary party meeting this week.
At a zoom teleconference meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party, Mr. Martin was directly challenged by various members of his party, including some of his own ministers who expressed concern about the current low position of the party.
But he said claims that he is distant as a leader are “nonsense and nonsense.”
Mr. Martin said: “First of all, there was no scathing criticism, there was a person at the end of the meeting in terms of a contribution to me.
“My focus is on substance and getting things done.
“I’ve been at the gates with my TDs at the gates with the candidates, everyone knows I have knocked on almost every door in every constituency in this country. That’s bullshit and bang.”
Speaking on RTÉ’s The Week in Politics, Mr. Martin said: “Maybe if I have a flaw, I focus a lot on politics. I focus on the essence of government decisions and doing things for the future of the country.
“I don’t like opinion polls or the short term, no government can conduct opinion polls from month to month, and it shouldn’t.”
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