A new poll has shown a slight fall in support for the coalition parties.
However the changes in the Red C poll for Paddy Power are within the margin of error, of 3 per cent.
Fine Gael drops one point to 30 per cent, while Labour are down two to 8.
There are one-point gains for Fianna Fáil to 18, and the Anti-Austerity Alliance to 4.
Sinn Féin is unchanged on 17 per cent, while independent support is down one point to 15, although the Independent Alliance is up 2 points to 4.
The Social Democrats are unchanged on 3 per cent, while there's no change for the Greens on 2 or Renua on 1.
The poll of 1,002 adults was carried out between Thursday and Monday – the first five days of the campaign.

