At a glance: The candidates have been making their last-ditch attempts to earn your vote

Every political party has hosted a major, final news conference today, as polls have it neck-and-neck.

LAST UPDATE | 28 Nov 2024

IT’S DAY 21 of the campaign trail and tomorrow, voters have their say on what the next government will look like.

With the campaign entering its final hours, here’s what the parties have been up to today.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald was joined at a press event by Matt Carthy and Eoin Ó Broin in Dublin where they made a final appeal to voters where McDonald was looking very relaxed. Her last pitch to voters: “There is a world beyond Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael”.
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin was out and about in counties Wexford and Wicklow where he was throwing his weight behind Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, who’s seat is no sure bet.
Fine Gael leader Simon Harris was out in Dublin, where he visited St. Joseph’s secondary school in Lucan. His core message for the electorate: Be weary of Sinn Féin.
Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman hosted his party’s final press conference of the campaign. His pitch: gives us another go. He hopes to present a strong pitch to voters and is asking them “to build on the Party’s major success as the active ingredient Government”.
People Before Profit also held their final press conference, with leader Richard Boyd Barrett and other TDs and candidates in attendance.
Aontú meanwhile launched its Cost of Living policy, on the eve of the election.
And while the Social Democrats hosted their final press conference yesterday, TD Gary Gannon was out again today with media in Dublin where he urged voters to vote left-transfer left.
Meanwhile, The Journal has read the manifestos so you don’t have to - Here’s what the three big parties promise on three key areas.
The Journal also looked at where the parties stand on Gaza.
You can catch up with all of the main takeaways from today in detail here.

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