Three parties to launch General Election campaigns today

It is day three of the General Election campaign with several parties holding the formal launches of their campaigns.

Three parties to launch General Election campaigns today

It is day three of the General Election campaign with several parties holding the formal launches of their campaigns.

The economy was the big issue yesterday, with the government parties setting out their stall and the opposition attacking it.

Sinn Féin launch in Dublin before a walkabout with the party leaders.

Tánaiste Joan Burton will give a keynote speech to the Labour faithful in the afternoon as they also officially set out their campaign.

Enda Kenny, who will continue in his role as Taoiseach during the election, will meet King Abdullah the 2nd of Jordan this morning.

The Fine Gael tour will then take to Mallow in Cork, where they will announce how they plan to spend €4bn in capital investment on jobs.

Michael Martin starts the day in Mitchelstown, before heading to Fermoy and Youghal.

The Social Democrats will also kick off their campaign in Dublin today.

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