Fianna Fáil now the country's most popular party according to latest polls

Opinion polls should always be taken with a light pinch of salt, but two polls published in today's Sunday papers have revealed that Fianna Fáil has become the most popular party in the country once again.

After being ousted from power in 2011 due to the overseeing of the worst financial crisis the country has ever experienced, polls in the Sunday Business Post and the Sunday Times today state that Micheál Martin's popularity is helping the party gain prominence once more.

57% of people questioned for the Sunday Business Post poll said that they want Enda Kenny to be out of his job as Taoiseach before the budget this year, with those figures including 48% of all Fine Gael voters polled. The Red C Poll shows that Fianna Fáil's popularity is now at 29%, while Fine Gael have stalled at 26%. Sinn Féin have 12% of the public's favour, Independents/others are at 26% while Labour is well behind on 6%.

The Sunday Times' poll has also revealed that 51% of Irish people believe that too many migrants have been allowed come to Ireland in the past 10 years, though three out of five people have said that they feel the country has benefited from immigration. The poll was carried out in preparation for Ireland's welcoming of 1,000 migrants who are due to arrive from the Middle East next year due to the ongoing conflict over there.