The leaders of the three largest Irish political parties clashed in the final TV debate of the election campaign last night.
Housing, health and crime provided flashpoints between Simon Harris, Micheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald.A year on from the Dublin riots, crime was the hottest of these flashpoints last night – with Fianna Fáil's Micheál Martin indirectly criticising Fine Gael's handling of the Justice brief.
The Dublin riots topic provided a rare moment of unity between Martin and Sinn Féin's Mary Lou McDonald. “Second point is this - your position was to immediately blame the head of the guards rather than the rioters, and you carried out a press conference at a crime scene.There was no clear killer blow from any of the leaders in what was one of the last chances they will have to pitch to those who have yet to make up their minds on how they will vote on Friday.
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