Day 3 of the election campaign's underway with parties again trading insults and the Taoiseach ruling out any deal with Michael Lowry.
And a new row's brewing with the Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams saying that according to Enda Kenny the electorate are stupid.
Today Fine Gael's focus is on jobs with the Taoiseach heading to Mallow later to outline plans for creating 200,000 jobs.
Minister Richard Bruton says an increase in the minimum wage of 2 euro as suggested by the Labour leader is do-able.
This morning in an interview the Taoiseach ruled out any deal with Michael Lowry after the election.
Launching their campaign, one of the Social Democrats leaders, Roisin Shortall says she'd only be interested in participating in a Government if she had power.
The Sinn Féin President latched on to Enda Kenny's claim earlier this week that he doesn't want to discuss economic jargon because the people don't understand it.
Gerry Adams also called on the three main parties to withdraw their manifestos saying they'd been caught cooking the books.
Fianna Fáil's focussing on housing and this afternoon Labour will formally lanch their campaign, while Renua will outline what are red-line issues if they're to go into Government.
