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Daily Archives: August 17, 2013

So what for Silly Season politics? Looking at the August opinion polls

The month of August saw the latest poll from the Red C series of opinion polls as well as two new Sunday Independent-Millward Brown polls, with these continuing the trends observed in polls during 2013, in which Fianna Fail and Fine Gael support hovers around the mid 20s mark (with Fianna Fail faring decidedly better in the…

August 17, 2013 in opinion polls.

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