I note that the first opinion poll since the Irish Budget shows a devastating ten point drop in support for Fianna Fáil led by BIFFO. The Red C poll in tomorrow's Sunday Business Post shows that for the first time since polling began, Fine Gael is seven points ahead of the main government party. Red C carried out their monthly poll for the newspaper on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday...

There is continued coverage of a Red C poll commissioned by Open Europe showing that Irish voters are strongly opposed to a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, and would vote no by a larger margin than the last time around if a second vote was held. The Irish Independent, in an article discussing Open Europe and its business supporters, reports on the opposition of the Irish Labour Party to a ...