Support for Sinn Féin has dropped slightly to 29%, the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks opinion poll suggests.
It represents a 1 point decrease on the previous comparable poll.
The poll also suggests that support for Independents and others has surpassed Fianna Fáil.
Fine Gael has experienced a marginal drop in support, down 1 to 19%.
Coalition partners Fianna Fáil remain unchanged on 17%.
The Social Democrats are also unchanged at 5%. The Labour Party is up one to 4%.
The Greens, Solidarity/People Before Profit and Aontú are all unchanged and all stand at 3%.
Finally, support for Independents and others has increased by one point to 18%
The poll was taken on Thursday and Friday of this week among a sample size of 1,394 people with a margin of error of +/- 2.7%.
