The General Election campaign has entered its final week, with all political parties and independent candidates preparing to make their final pitch to voters.
The Fianna Fáil leader has said there a lot of people who voted Fine Gael in the last election who have told him they will vote for Fianna Fáil on Saturday.
Speaking in Tralee today, Micheál Martin said people were "tired of the absence of delivery on housing and health".
Commenting on the possible inclusion of the Green Party in any new government, he said that there were "a lot of common policies" which he said "we could together implement".
Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar has said Sinn Féin's recent performance in the opinion polls is an opportunity to scrutinise their policies further and he described the party's tax policies as a "time bomb".
Speaking on Today with Sean O'Rourke on RTÉ Radio, he said it was up to the national broadcaster to decide if Mary Lou McDonald should be included in the Leaders' debate tomorrow night.
He described a government with Fianna Fáil or Sinn Féin as the "double trouble option", and said if it happened, the economy would go into decline again.
This afternoon Sinn Féin confirmed that, following an invitation from RTÉ, Ms McDonald will now take part in the RTÉ Prime Time debate tomorrow night.
The Sinn Féin leader will discuss the party's rent policies on a visit to the Dublin mid-west constituency this afternoon.
Ms McDonald is taking part in a canvass of the constituency where it is hoping to hold onto the two seats it has, one which was secured by Mark Ward in the recent by-election.
Later tonight the Sinn Féin leader will take part in a live television interview with RTÉ's Bryan Dobson.
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Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said he wants a green representation in Cork and in the Daíl because it will benefit the city and county to go green.
Mr Ryan was speaking at the official launch of the Green Party's General Election campaign in the five Cork constituencies.
He said the party is running a candidate in every constituency and he thinks they have a chance of winning up to 15 seats. He said he wants at least one Green seat in Cork.
Rent freezes, an NCT-style inspection of rental properties and construction of 80,000 homes over the next five years are among the Labour Party's plans to help solve the housing crisis.
Labour leader Brendan Howlin said his party "can't be all things to all people" but building social and affordable houses is a core priority.
The party promises to fund the construction of 80,000 homes through a €16bn fund.
A shorter working week and more annual leave days are among the proposals launched by People Before Profit today.
In its Charter of Workers' Rights, the party also wants a living wage of €15 an hour, mandatory sick and maternity pay on the full rate, union recognition for all workers and a right to strike.
People Before Profit launched its policy at the James Connolly Memorial Statue in Dublin, saying the location was chosen because 'the renowned socialist stood for the rights and advancement of working people".
The Social Democrats have launched the party's climate policy, promising a "pay as you save" national retrofitting programme.
The party's Greener and Fairer policy says the aim of the Social Democrats is to more than halve Ireland's carbon dioxide emissions by 2030.
It says it will introduce a "pay as you save" retrofitting scheme, which would allow people to insulate their homes and pay the cost as they save on their energy bills.
