Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin remains the most popular party leader in the country.

A new opinion poll also shows a small increase in satisfaction for the Government - it goes up two points to 26 per-cent -in the Behaviour and Attitudes Survey for the Sunday Times.

Sinn Féin is up one point on 17 per-cent, with Labour unchanged on just 5 per-cent.

New Labour leader, Brendan Howlin, is the second most popular leader on 40 per-cent-

However, Stephen O'Brien, Political Editor of the Sunday Times, says Micheál Martin is still the man of the moment: