The latest RED C poll for the Sunday Business Post shows Independent TDs are up 3 points to 13 per cent – with Labour up two points to 6.
Fianna Fáil – on 26 – remains two points ahead of Fine Gael on 24, but both are unchanged from last month.
Sinn Féin drops back two points to 17, after a five point increase last month.
Michael Brennan – political editor with the Sunday Business Post – says this will come as a surprise to some people