Irish PM's party holds six-point lead in first campaign poll

FILE PHOTO: Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Simon Harris makes a statement at Government Buildings calling a General Election, in Dublin, Ireland, November 8, 2024. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris' Fine Gael party holds a six-point lead over both its main coalition partner Fianna Fail and the main opposition party Sinn Fein, the first opinion poll of the general election campaign showed on Friday.

Fine Gael led the Irish Times/Ipsos B&A poll on 25%, two points lower that the last Irish Times poll in September while fellow centre-right Fianna Fail remained on 19% alongside left wing Sinn Fein, whose support fell by one point.