With less than two weeks to go before the general election, Fine Gael has increased its support by three percentage points while Fianna Fail has seen a drop in of two per cent, according to the latest poll published in the Sunday Business Postthis morning.
The poll, which was carried out by Red C, shows Fianna Fail's support falling to 35 per cent with Fine Gael now on 29 per cent.
The Labour Party is unchanged at 12 per cent while the PDs have increased their support to 3 per cent from just 2 per cent last Sunday.
Sinn Féin is down one point to 7 per cent while the Green Party has also seen some slippage and its support has dropped two points to 6 per cent.
Independents and the smaller parties have gained a single point and now stand at 8 per cent.
The number of undecideds, at 18 per cent, is up slightly
Over twelve hundred voters were questioned about their voting intentions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week.
The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny are due to go head to head in the eagerly-awaited leaders' debate on RTE Television on Thursday.
Mr Kenny will today be canvassing Mass-goers and presenting a 'man of the match' award during a busy tour of Co Tipperary.
He will also hold a meeting with senior gardai at Templemore Training College about Fine Gael's pledge to put 2,000 more officers on the beat.
Sinn Fein chairperson Mary Lou McDonald will launch her party's youth manifesto in Dublin. Progressive Democrats leader Michael McDowell will launch a Greater Dublin Area Plan in the panoramic Gravity Bar in the Guinness Storehouse.
Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte and colleagues will board a Dublin Bus vehicle to highlight its calls for 500 more buses and the introduction of a one euro flat fare for commuter journeys within 25 miles of the capital.
Greens leader Trevor Sargent will be campaigning in Dublin North and Dublin South East.