Holly Cairns

Support for the party has more than doubled to reach 9 per cent, according to the Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll. Ms Cairns became leader of the Social ...

Aontú and Labour are both down one to 3 per cent, while Solidarity-People Before Profit has dropped one to 2 per cent. Independents are unchanged on 10 per cent and the Greens are unchanged on 4 per cent. Fine Gael has dropped one point to 21 per cent, while Fianna Fáil is up one to 19 per cent.

The Ireland Thinks / Sunday Independent poll shows that support for the Social Democrats has more than doubled, from 4% to 9%, following the unopposed election ...

People Before Profit / Solidarity is at 2%, while Independents and others remain at 10%. More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal. Readers like you keep news free for everyone.

Cairns, at 33 the youngest leader of a party, says she hopes to reach 28 per cent of undecided voters, who may feel under-represented by the current system.

Cairns, who is 33, became the youngest leader of a party in Dáil Éireann last week when she took over from Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall. Holly Cairns has said she wants to use her leadership of the Social Democrats to encourage more women to go into politics. Cairns, at 33 the youngest leader of a party, says she hopes to reach 28 per cent of undecided voters, who may feel under-represented by the current system

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar saw a three-point rise in his approval putting the Fine Gael leader on 40%. Labour Ivana Bacik is currently sitting on 32% approval and ...

Aontu and the Labour party are both down one point to 3% and Solidarity People Before Profit has also dropped one point to 2%. Fine Gael also saw a fall in their support, dropping one point to 21%, according to the latestpoll, while Fianna Fáil saw a one-point bump in approval bringing them to 19%. Mary Lou McDonald's party has dropped back to 29% approval, but the Social Democrats, fresh from picking a new leader in Cork TD Holly Cairns, has seen a jump from 5% to 9%.

The Ireland Thinks poll, for the Sunday Independent, was conducted on Friday - two days after Cork South West TD Holly Cairns became the new leader of the ...

Both the Labour Party and Aontú dropped a point to stand at 3%. Green Party support is unchanged at 4%. The biggest change was for the Social Democrats, with the poll suggesting the party increased its support to 9% - up 5.

Support for the party has more than doubled from 4% to 9% by The Sunday Independent / Ireland Thinks. Deputy Cairns was elected to represent Cork South-West in ...

Support for the Greens remains unchanged on 4% and the Labour Party has slipped down 1% to 3%. 3% of voters would give their first preference to Aontú and 2% would support People Before Profit-Solidarity. Support for the party has more than doubled from 4% to 9% by The Sunday Independent / Ireland Thinks.

Support for the Social Democrats has surged following the appointment of Holly Cairns as the party's new leader, an opinion poll has indicated. The party .

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Support for the Social Democrats has surged following the appointment of Holly Cairns as the party's new leader, an opinion poll has indicated. The party .

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The party is up five points to 9% in the latest snapshot of voter intentions recorded in the Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll.

Independents and other continue to attract 10% of popular support. Ms Cairns became leader of the Social Democrats on Wednesday, a week after previous co-leaders Catherine Murphy and Roisin Shortall announced they were stepping down to pass on the future of the party to its next generation. The Greens are unchanged at 4%, Aontu and Labour are both down a point to 3% while Solidarity – PBP is also down one to 2%. Fine Gael is down one point to 21% while Fianna Fail is up one point to 19%. While still the most popular party in the state, its support is down two points to 29%. The party is up five points to 9% in the latest snapshot of voter intentions recorded in the Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll.