Sinn Fein has topped the latest opinion poll increasing support by four points.
It's now Ireland's most popular party on 26%
Both Government parties have made losses, with Fine Gael down 3 to 22 per cent, and Labour down 2 points to 7 per cent.
The Millward Brown survey for the Sunday Independent questioned a thousand people over the past 10 days
John Drennan, Political Editor with the Sunday Independent ,says while Sinn Fein has made gains, the party leader Gerry Adams has not.