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Labour Party Leader Ivana Bacik with Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP and Dublin candidates speaking to the media as Labour launches its vision for Dublin. Rolling News

At a glance: Crunch time for candidates as campaign enters final week

Catch up on what’s happening with the election campaign in less than two minutes.

IT’S DAY 18 of the campaign and there’s only four more days to go until voters take to the polling stations.

Here’s what’s happening today:

  • Micheál Martin joined RTÉ’s Morning Ireland for a leaders’ interview this morning, promising investment in public services and saying he has “proven that I can lead through very difficult times”.
  • Simon Harris also made an appearance on RTÉ, joining Claire Byrne for an interview where he apologised again for his recent run-in with Cork care worker Charlotte Fallon.
  • Students asked voters on Grafton Street in Dublin to keep them in mind when voting on Friday, with the national students’ union advocating for ‘Vote Left, Transfer Left’.
  • In Dublin city centre today, Sinn Féin’s Eoin Ó Broin and Louise O’Reilly called on the government to release the latest homeless figures before polling day on Friday.
  • The Green Party are also out in the capital today, where have announced commitments on arts and culture.
  • Labour have launched their vision for Dublin today, with leader Ivana Bacik and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP out with the Dublin candidates.
  • Staying in Dublin, People Before Profit leader Richard Boyd Barrett TD and Gino Kenny TD will outline their plan for universal free healthcare.
  • Elsewhere in the city, Aontú will launch its housing policy this afternoon.
  • Simon Harris, Micheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald are set to join Prime Time hosts Miriam O’Callaghan and Sarah McInerney for a final Leaders’ Debate tomorrow evening.

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