Fianna Fáil shoot up the ratings to become most popular party again as Sinn Féin suffer in latest poll

Fianna Fáil are the most popular political party in Ireland, according to the latest Irish Times/Ispos MRBI poll.

The party, who are in government with Fine Gael, have seen their popularity jump from 26% up to 30%, meaning they have a sizeable advantage over Fine Gael at the moment. Both parties have actually increased their standing in the public's opinion, with support for Fine Gael rising by 1% to 27% this time around.

The major casualties of the poll are Sinn Féin and the Independents and smaller parties. Sinn Féin's popularity has fallen by 2% to 17%, while support for Independents and others has fallen from 24% to 20%.

In the Rest of Leinster area -Kildare's polling constituency- support for Fine Gael is at 29% in comparison to Fianna Fáil's estimated 28%, while Sinn Féin are very popular in the region as they have a support base of 24%.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny has seen his own popularity rocket in the two months since the last poll, with 36% of people -an increase of 7%- saying that they would like to see him in power again. Micheál Martin is still the most popular candidate for the top job, though he is just one point ahead of Kenny with 37%.