A third of Irish people would consider voting for a party with strong anti-immigrant views, according to the latest polls. 

The Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll found that immigration has become an increasingly important topic among voters. 

Some 35% of those polled said they would consider voting for a political party with strong anti-immigrant views, an increase in 7% from the last poll and 21% from a poll in September 2021. 

Some 54% said they would not consider voting for an anti-immigrant party, while 11% said they were unsure. 

The poll also found that 33% of people think immigration is the most important issue facing the country, behind housing at 50%. 

That result represents an eight-point increase for immigration issues, as local and European elections looming over due to take place in June. 

Anti-immigrant support

Among parties, Sinn Féin has dropped in popularity by one point to 29%, still remaining the most popular party in the country. 

Fine Gael is also down one point to 19%, while Fianna Fáil remains unchanged at 17%. 

The Labour Party and Independents both saw an increase in support of 1% to 4% and 18% respectively. 

The Green Party, Social Democrats and People Before Profit remain unchanged at 3%, 5% and 3% each. 

Among parties, 79% of people who support Aontú said they would support an anti-immigration party, while 75% of those who support independent politicians said the same. 

Over a third of Sinn Féin supporters (36%) said they would consider supporting parties with strong anti-immigrant views. 

This is followed by 27% of Fianna Fail supporters, 18% of Social Democrats supporters, 16% of Fine Gael supporters, 7% of Solidarity-People Before Profit supporters, and 6% of Labour supporters.