Evening Herald poll suggests FG gaining at FF's expense

As he prepares for tonight's Prime Time debate with Enda Kenny, an Evening Herald poll has bad news for Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. The poll shows that Fianna Fail is slipping in Dublin and that Fine Gael is gaining. The current Government lags a significant distance behind the possible alternative coalition. The figures in the Herald poll are as follows: Fianna Fail 29% (-8), Fine Gael 22% (+7), Labour 15% (no change), PDs 3%, Greens 8% and Sinn Fein 11%. That puts the FF/PD coalition on 32% and FG/Labour on 37%, rising to 45% when the Greens are included.