Leo Varadkar has dismissed Fine Gael’s poor showing in a new opinion poll as he insisted that he will continue to lead his party “from the front”.
The Taoiseach was reacting to a poll in the Irish Times on Thursday that showed his party suffered a four point drop in support to just 18 per cent. It means Fine Gael is now the third most popular party in the country between Sinn Féin (31%) and Fianna Fáil (21%).
Mr Varadkar’s own popularity also took a battering, falling six points to 37%.
