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Voter volatility over the course of a campaign has become a feature of the political landscape

Fine Gael now level with main Opposition party while support for Fianna Fáil and most smaller parties steady

Simon Harris’s first personal rating in polls is a creditable 38%, the second most popular leader after Micheál Martin and ahead of Mary Lou McDonald

Proportion of electorate expecting to vote Independent at next general election unchanged at 17%

Electoral Commission survey finds 59% of respondents believe most politicians ‘only care about the interests of the rich and powerful’

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Survey indicates a loss of confidence in the ability of Irish governments to tackle important social issues or to have empathy for people struggling

Issues such as healthcare, climate change and the war in Gaza draw little interest despite extensive media coverage

Sinn Féin support falls to lowest level in years as smaller parties make gains - Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael stagnate leaving race to lead next government wide open

Global polling by Ipsos reveals Ireland is now among the countries most concerned about immigration

Sinn Féin supporters are consistently more hardline on immigration questions that the other parties and the general public

Older, richer and rural voters have cooled on Sinn Féin, but they are not defecting to Government parties

Move aims to ‘normalise’ deportations and is one of several immigration crackdowns announced by Government

A new sentiment tracker seeks to find out which issues are breaking through with voters and who might benefit.

Some 64% of voters in the South would vote for a united Ireland if a referendum were held now, with just 16% opposed to unification

Proportion of people in Northern Ireland who say they would find a vote for unity ‘almost impossible to accept’ has declined since last year

Irish Times/Ipsos opinion poll finds only a third of respondents believe Ryan Tubridy should return to broadcaster, while large majority back cost cutting

Sinn Fein has increased again, they lead Fianna Fáil by 14 points while Mary Lou McDonald remains the most popular leader

Irish Times/Ipsos poll: Surprising numbers are comfortable with British air defence agreement, even among Sinn Féin voters

Concerns about ‘too many refugees’ have eased since last autumn, results suggest

Ipsos survey finds majority in favour of beefing up defence spending amid new threats

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New Irish Times/Ipsos poll finds vast majority happy to recycle, but only 42% ready to eat less meat

First choice for 40% of respondents is to ‘invest in building infrastructure’ such as public transport, housing, hospitals and schools

Despite all the political noise of recent weeks, there is little by way of a public appetite for tax cuts

Latest Irish Times opinion poll shows voters ready to adapt behaviour for climate change, and room to grow for the Greens

Prince Harry may find the Dutch royal family admirably modern, but more and more people in the Netherlands think their monarchy belongs to a bygone era

So many of the aspirations that fuelled the creation of the State quickly curdled into pious rhetoric at odds with reality. The future was just an attic in which we dumped all our present failures

Research finds some differences on social issues, such as abortion

Irish Times and ARINS undertook research on the future of the island

No desire for early election as majority of swing voters want to wait

A potential new state will float in Irish Dreamland in the absence of detailed plans

Influential though it may be in political and media circles, it doesn’t make any money

Ms Harris has not been in close contact with president Joe Biden due to travel schedules

Debate set to be most important event in run-up to the April 24th presidential election

The current decline in infections is welcome, but there is no guarantee that it will continue indefinitely

After a series of royal missteps and a shift in public mood, anti-monarchists sense change

Vast majority say they are affected by rising costs, Irish Times/Ipsos poll finds

Pandemic has changed working habits permanently, Irish Times/Ipsos poll indicates

Irish Times/Ipsos poll finds 80% of voters believe Government handled pandemic well