Taxation, nurses' pay and the origin of election posters were featured in today's exchanges in the General Election campaign.
Fianna Fáil opened the attacks this morning with a claim that 97% of income earners would be better off under their proposals for tax reform, than under the package promised by Fine Gael and Labour.
Minister for Finance Brian Cowen said his party's plan was focused on low and middle income workers and families who he claimed had been largely ignored by Fine Gael and Labour.
But Labour leader Pat Rabbitte accused Fianna Fáil of seeking to distract attention from the controversy over the Taoiseach's personal finances and said that only a personal statement from Mr Ahern could alay the unease which he claimed the issue had caused.
Meanwhile Bertie Ahern formally launched the Fianna Fáil election advertising campaign in Dublin city centre, before taking part in a high-profile canvass of the O'Connell Street and Henry Street area.
Fine Gael were focusing today on hospital beds, Enda Kenny promising a fast-track programme to deliver 2,300 acute hospital beds for the country, during a visit to Drogheda.
Mr Kenny also promised to make the benchmarking process more flexible so the issues raised by nurses can be legitimately discussed and negotiated.
Labour leader Pat Rabbitte also supported the nurses today.
The PDs have said our approach to environmental sustainability must now be as aggressive as our approach to creating employment was in the past.
Party leader Michael McDowell said he believes that environmental sustainability can be delivered in a way that does not damage the economy.
Mr McDowell was speaking at the launch of the party's Little Green Book' on the environment.
Green Party leader Trevor Sargent was campaigning in the Taoiseach's heartland, Drumcondra this afternoon.
Mr Sargent publicised the need for students living away from home to sign on the supplementary register by the end of the week if they want to vote.
Sinn Féin meanwhile has promised to scrap road tolls if in Government, while the PDs published an environment policy.
And, after Fianna Fáil's Noel Dempsey complained that Fine Gael election posters had been printed in Germany, Fine Gael said after a competitive tendering process, one sixth of its 500,000 posters were printed in Germany, with the remainder contracted to Irish companies, North and South.
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