Support for Ireland’s government plunges to a historic low

The Irish Times – Thursday, December 16, 2010

Government feels brunt of public’s anger

DAMIAN LOSCHER, Managing Director Ipsos MRBI

ANALYSIS: Relatively unscathed by Budget cuts, over-65s alone buck the anti-Government trend

TODAY’S IRISH Times /Ipsos MRBI poll lays bare the public anger towards how the Government is managing the country. Satisfaction with the Government’s performance has slumped to 8 per cent, the lowest level recorded in more than 25 years of polling.

Fieldwork for this latest poll was conducted on Monday and Tuesday of this week, one week after the Government delivered the first of at least four tough budgets, and almost one month since the IMF and the ECB arrived in Dublin to deliver a rescue package for the economy.

 Read more at: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1216/1224285654743.html

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