Simon Harris, Micheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald clashed on tonight's highly anticipated debate
All competing to be Taoiseach, pictured from left, Fianna Fail leader, Micheál Martin; Fine Gael leader, Simon Harris and Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald.If recent polls are anything to go by, then it's fair to say that these final few days of canvassing and convincing could produce a nail-biting finish once all votes have been counted.
Tonight's leadership debate was televised on RTÉ One, the RTÉ News Channel and the RTÉ Player from 9.35pm.Tanaiste and Fianna Fail Leader Micheal Martin, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald and Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris during the final TV leaders' debateThe debate ends with discussions on possible coalitions. Harris and Martin reject the possibility of forming a government with Sinn Fein.
"Homeless is a key priority of this government.," he says. "We want to build more houses and we want to build them faster."Simon Harris is now facing a grilling about the contents of a book by former housing minister Eoghan Murphy, which Sarah McInerney claims Murphy was taken aside and told to kill certain housing policy initiatives because they would 'put some noses out of joint' and that housing had not been a priority for the Fine Gael minority government.
The police officer used his weapon on the great-grandmother after she was found wandering her care home with a small kitchen knifeThe man's body, estimated to have been aged in his 60s, was recovered from the water at Claddagh Quay in Galway on Sunday, November 17Storm Conall is set to deliver a surprising weather twist as it tracks close to Ireland. Met Eireann has confirmed temperatures will soar by a dramatic 13C within just 24 hours - but it's not all good news.
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