Another poll brings good news for Sinn Fèin

THE rise of Sinn Fèin ahead of next weekend's general election has been further highlighted.

The party has overtaken Fine Gael to become the second most popular party, according to the latest election opinion poll.

Fianna Fáil hold onto their lead on 23%, followed by Sinn Féin with 21% with Fine Gael trailing on 19%.

A survey of a thousand voters was carried out by The Times Ireland and Panelbase between January 24 and 30..

The Social Democrats, Labour and Solidarity-People before Profit are each on 5% ahead of polling day next Saturday.