The Social Democrats has reached a record high in the latest Sunday Independent / Ireland Thinks opinion poll.
It's up 3 points to 12 percent and Fine Gael's up 2 points to 19 percent - following both parties' recent by-election wins.
The Social Democrats has reached a record high in the latest Sunday Independent / Ireland Thinks opinion poll.
However Conal Thomas, Political Correspondent for the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent, says it's a setback for Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald: