Government ahead in opinion polls
There is more good news for the Government this morning as the latest opinion poll puts the current coalition five points ahead of the Fine Gael-Labour alternative.
The second part of the TNS-MRBI poll shows the Fianna Fail-PD Government on 36% with the alternative coalition on 31%.
The poll, published in this mornings Irish Times, rates health, transport, education as the issues the electorate are most concerned about.
5% of people polled rated these issues as top priorities for the next government.
The second most important issue is the continued success of the economy, with crime, the waste of public expenditure and the need to keep taxes low all registering on the public radar.
When asked to rate the two coalitions in terms of how they would deal with six major issues, the current government was ahead on five of them.
The results represent a significant shift in public opinion as previous polls have put the Fine Gael-Labour coalition ahead of the current one.
