Sinn Féin President, Mr Adams, said today he hoped Sinn Féin would win at least three seats in forthcoming General Election.
The most recent Irish Times/MRBI poll estimated that the party's core support is now running at 6 per cent nationally.
Its core vote stands at 8 per cent in Dublin, where the party is said to be hopeful about councillor Mr Sean Crowe's chances in Dublin South West and Mr Aengus Ó Snodaigh's in South Central.
"The thing that surveys tend to disregard is the fact that nobody has yet cast a vote," Mr Adams said.
Sinn Féin would be the "story of the hustings", Mr Adams said.
"I think that we have set ourselves a target of three seats. We may get more. I would be very disappointed if we get less and I think we could lose seats by (just) handfuls (of votes)," he said.
Additional reporting by PA
