The coalition parties have suffered a serious slump in support over the past two months.

The latest Ipsos/MRBI poll in today's Irish Times shows support for Fine Gael is at its lowest since 2003 - down five points to 19 percent.

Labour is on 6 percent, down three since the last poll.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny's satisfaction rating is the lowest it's been since he took over leadership of the part in 2002.

Sinn Féin is the country's second most popular party at 22 percent, but they're down on the last poll too, while Fianna Fáil buck the trend and are up one point to 21 percent.

Independents/Others have surged in support, increasing their share by 9 points in this poll to reach 32 percent.