Philip Ryan: The clock is ticking and the soundbites are flying as voting day draws nearer
Clockwise from top left, Party leaders Micheál Martin, Simon Harris, Mary Lou McDonald, Holly Cairns, Eamon Ryan, Richard Boyd Barrett and Ivana Bacik are doing all they can to persuade voters in the run-up to Friday
The panic is setting in now. Just two more sleepless nights for candidates who put their names forward to become MEPs, local councillors or even the country’s first directly elected mayor.
The political party spin and backstabbing is in overdrive. Social media is rammed with political attack ads and candidates are willing to say almost anything to get a bit of coverage.
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