Today's Red C poll for the Sunday Business Post shows that support for Fine Gael has fallen by a point to 25, while the Independent Alliance is also down a point to four per cent.
Fianna Fáil, which is supporting the government from outside, has also lost two points but remains the most popular party on 27 per cent.
Hugh O'Connell, Political Correspondent with the Sunday Business Post, says Sinn Féin and Independents seem to have benefited the most from a quiet start to the new term:
