Fine Gael support slumps in polls with days to go before the General Election

Support for Fine Gael has slumped by six percentage points with days to go before Ireland’s General Election, according to the latest poll.

Taoiseach Simon Harris’s party now trails both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, the Irish Times/Ipsos B&A survey indicates.

Fianna Fáil leads the way on 21 per cent – up two points on the last poll two weeks ago.

Sinn Féin stands on 20 per cent – up one – while Fine Gael is on 19 per cent – down six points since the November 14th poll.

Ireland goes to the polls on Friday.

The latest poll comes after Mr Harris apologised over the weekend after facing criticism for his handling of an encounter with a disability care worker while canvassing in Kanturk in Co Cork on Friday.

Several incidents have put Fine Gael under pressure during the election campaign,…