LAST UPDATE | 19 mins ago

IT’S DAY 19. There’s only 72 hours left until polls open – here’s what’s happening today.

Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald (right), Fine Gael's Simon Harris (top) and Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin during a previous debate. Alamy / The Journal Alamy / The Journal / The Journal

• Fine Gael’s Simon Harris, Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin and Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald will battle it out in the final leaders’ debate of the election on RTÉ One at 9.35pm.
• The Journal will be reporting from the RTÉ press room this evening, bringing you the latest on the debate, fact checking claims, asking the leaders questions and much more.
• A poll in The Irish Times today has suggested that the most-popular coalition would be Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and a new, third partner, with Sinn Féin without the other two parties in second place.
• Conspiracy theories about vote-rigging during the local and European elections peaked on polling day, The Journal reported this morning.
• Labour’s transport spokesperson Duncan Smith and candidate Rob O’Donoghue promised that their party would ensure the Dublin MetroLink project would be started within a year of them in government.
• Fine Gael’s Neale Richmond was joined by public expenditure minister Paschal Donohoe in Dublin Rathdown to discuss foreign direct investment outside Microsoft HQ.
• Professor Rónán Collins, a Consultant Physician in Geriatric and Stroke Medicine at Tallaght Hospital, wrote in The Journal this morning about the need for the healthcare system to be at the centre of discussion during this election.
• Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald will speak with reporters alongside her Dublin Central running mates later this morning.
• Independents4Change candidate Clare Daly, also in the competitive Dublin Central constituency, Clare Daly will be outlining “her vision for Dublin Central and views on wider political issues” this afternoon.
• Social Democrats justice spokesperson Catherine Murphy and fellow candidate Pádraig Rice are launching the party’s workers’ rights policy in Cork. Garry Gannon spoke to reporters in Dublin city this morning with local councillors.
• Minister for Finance Jack Chambers will discuss the cost of living and Fianna Fáil’s preparations for any international financial shocks during the next Dáil term in Dublin.
• Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman and a number of Green TDs will be outlining their climate action priorities and “their central climate question for the person who aspires to be the country’s next Taoiseach” in Dublin city.