Christina Finn

Party sources give their take on how they think it is all going. IT'S JUST OVER one week of the election campaign, so how's it all going?

The Department of Social Protection estimated in September that costs could rise between €880 million and €2 billion a year.

The measure is particularly targeted at single purchasers who might not have enough tax paid in the previous four years.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil had been eyeing up Labour as possible future partners in government, if the numbers added up after the election.

The bike shed, rising rents, disability services and the cost of childcare were all raised with the Tánaiste and Jim O'Callaghan.

A number of Fianna Fáil politicians have criticised the justice minister in recent days.

Mary Lou McDonald says she would not immediately resign after the general election if Sinn Fein has a poor result.

The Ryanair boss gave a resounding endorsement to the Fine Gael Westmeath candidate at a campaign event

The Sinn Féin leader was in Bray Co Wicklow yesterday where she visited homeless and youth mental health charities.

The next few days are set to be the most influential in this campaign.