Sunday Times Poll: Tánaiste's Satisfaction Rating Down By 9 Points.

Sunday, 12 September 2021 09:53

Sinn Féin leads Fine Gael by 10 percentage points.

The Tánaiste's public satisfaction rating has fallen by 9 percentage points, in the first poll since the Katherine Zappone controversy.

Leo Varadkar enjoys only 39 per cent support, according to The Sunday Times' survey.

It's the second lowest rating of the five main party leaders - with only the Greens' Eamon Ryan lower, on 34 per cent.

Sinn Féin leads Fine Gael by 10 percentage points.

The Sunday Times' political editor, Naas man, Stephen O'Brien, says there's an obvious reason for the Tánaiste's drop in popularity

Leo Varadkar’s public satisfaction rating has fallen nine percentage points to 39 per cent and Fine Gael is down two to 23 per cent in the first opinion poll since the controversy over the appointment of Katherine Zappone to a UN special envoy post https://t.co/kMP4PWxArL
— The Sunday Times Ireland (@ST__Ireland) September 12, 2021

The Sunday Times' political editor, Stephen O'Brien, says it's partly down to the Katherine Zappone controversy

.@sinnfeinireland go ten points clear of @FineGael who slip to within two points of @fiannafailparty in the @SunTimesIreland @banda_ie #poll after #merriongate pic.twitter.com/ffD9qq6qDr
— Stephen O'Brien (@sob999) September 11, 2021

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