A decline in support for Sinn Féin has helped smaller parties – but not support for the Government.
Sinn Fein are down 3 points to 34 percent support in the latest Sunday Independent / Ireland Thinks poll.
The Social Democrats up one point to 4 percent, with Aontú also up one to 4 percent.
Independents and others are up two points to 10 percent, while Labour is unchanged on 3 percent.
Hugh O’Connell, Deputy Political Editor with the Irish Independent, says there has been no increase in support for Government parties however: