Sinn Féin now the most popular opposition party according to poll 

A Sunday Times Behaviour and Attitudes poll of 935 people  shows Sinn Fein up 3 points to 24%, overtaking Fianna Fail who are down 2 to 23.

While A Red C / Sunday Business Post poll of a thousand adults reveals has Fine Gael ahead on 34 percent, followed by Fianna Fail on 25, but it also shows an increase for Sinn Fein - up 2, to 16 points. 

Sunday Times' Political Editor Stephen O'Brien believes the Governments' taken a hit over the Cervical Check Scandal. 

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