Another poll

This one from the IT. Follows the broad trends evident in the most recent RedC/SBP poll. FF stalling, FG largely static, SF markedly up, Inds down somewhat. Note that only SF is outside the MOE.

When people were asked who they would vote for in a general election, party support, when undecided voters were excluded, was: Fine Gael, 28 per cent (up one point compared with the result of the December poll); Fianna Fáil, 29 per cent (down one point); Labour, 4 per cent (down two points); Sinn Féin, 21 per cent (up four points) and Independents/Others, 18 per cent (down two points).

And for more detail regarding Inds/Others:

The biggest change since the election has been in support for the Independents and others, which have seen a drop in aggregate support from 30 per cent to 18 per cent today. Support is spread amongst a number of small groups, parties and individual TDs.
The Green Party and the Anti-Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit group are both on 3 per cent nationally, while the Social Democrats are on 1 per cent.
Independents, including groups of Independents, are on aggregate support of 10 per cent, which includes the Independent Alliance (2 per cent) and Independents for Change (2 per cent).

Meanwhile in the same paper Damian Loscher of Ipsos MRBI bemoans the frequency of polls and writes:

Balancing the appetite for more polls with the need for more accurate polls will be a struggle. Science and experience suggest good statistics do not always compensate for poor sampling.

Well, I can’t be alone in thinking there’s an answer to that. Less polls!