With eight days to go to polling day, a new poll shows two Clare TDs could be in line to lose their Dáil seats.
The Clare Champion poll, carried out by LIT, was conducted between Friday and Sunday among 660 voters across the county.
The Clare Champion poll, undertaken by the marketing department at Limerick Institute of Technology indicates that Labour's Michael McNamara and Fine Gael's Joe Carey could be in line to lose their Dáil seats.
Using a sample ballot paper, the poll sought the views of 660 likely coters in face to face interviews at fourteen sample points across Clare between Friday and Sunday last.
The poll indicates that Independent Dr Michael Harty and Sinn Féin's Noeleen Moran are poised to take a seat alongside Fine Gael's Pat Breen and Fianna Fáil's Timmy Dooley.
Michael McNamara is in fifth place with 8.74% of first preference votes and Joe Carey is in sixth place at 6.13%.
Mid-table candidates include Fianna Fáil's Clare Colleran Molloy on 5.67%, Michael McDonagh on 5.06%, Green Party candidate Fergal Smith on 3.68% and Fine Gael's Mary Howard and Independent Ian Lynch both on just over 3%.
They're followed by Independent Ann Norton on 2.61%, Fís Nua's Niamh O'Brien on 1.84%, Independents Richard Cahill on 1.53%, Andre Sibo Hakizimana on 0.61% and Dermot Mulqueen on 0.31%
The overall poll has a margin of error of 5%.
