Sunday Independent poll: Public fears worst is yet to come – cost of living crisis and recession worries dominate; well Lizzie, is Dead, Mary Lou, enjoy the High, while it Lasts? By the Way, did you Phone, Shane Ross?

A huge majority of the public believes there will be an economic recession in the next 12 months, according to the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks opinion poll.

In a week when the Taoiseach warned the country was in a “new era” of high energy prices, the poll finds 70pc fear Ireland will be in recession within a year.

At the same time, the Queen is more popular than any Irish political leader