Ireland’s voters unhappy with Simon Harris as exit poll shows drop in support

Rivals claim Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael ‘becoming one party’ with voters under-34 increasingly backing Sinn Féin

Voters in Ireland have expressed dissatisfaction with the taoiseach, Simon Harris, despite a return of the current government being the most probable outcome of the election, according to an exit poll.

Of those 5,000 voters surveyed after they placed their ballot, 35% named Fianna Fáil’s leader, Micheál Martin, as their preferred new leader of the 34th Dáil.

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