SINN Féin remains the most popular party in the Republic, despite a fall in support, according to a new poll.
Support for the party has dropped by two points in the past month. But the Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll also suggests it is still the most popular political party at 32 per cent.
In second place is Fine Gael, which has seen a rise in support by two points to 25 per cent. It is the first poll to be carried out since Leo Varadkar returned to the post of Taoiseach last month.
Fianna Fáil has dropped one point to stand at 16 per cent, with the Green Party increasing its support to four per cent, up by one point.
Other figures from the poll, which was carried out between January 5 to 6, reveal that Solidarity/People Before Profit is also up one to four per cent, Aontú is down one point to three per cent and the Social Democrats are also on two per cent, but down two points.
The Labour Party remained unchanged in the survey at three per cent, while Independents and Other stand at 10 per cent, up one point.
Micheál Martin remains the Republic's most popular political leader, with his approval rating increasing to 4.7 per cent out of 10.
The popularity of Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald fell slightly to four out of 10, while despite his return to the role of Taoiseach, Mr Varadkar's popularity remained unchanged on 3.9 out of 10.
The online poll of 1,104 respondents has a margin of error of three per cent.
