A new opinion poll shows support for the Labour Party at just six per cent - its lowest rating in the last nine months.
The latest Behaviour and Attitudes survey for tomorrow's Sunday Times says Fine Gael has risen three points up to 27 per cent, while Fianna Fáil is up two, to twenty per cent.
Sinn Féin is also up to to nineteen per cent.
Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin remains the most popular party leader at 39 per cent, although he's dropped three points- he's followed by Labour leader and Tánaiste Joan Burton, who's up three to 37 per cent.
Political Editor of the Sunday Times, Stephen O'Brien, says it's a pretty dismal look-out for Labour in the run-up to next year's election:
