Fine Gael policy would also increase VAT for some businesses up from 9 per cent to 11 per cent.

Mary Lou McDonald’s comments come after it was reported that the party’s integration spokesperson, Roscommon-Galway candidate Claire Kerrane, had deleted a social media post in which she called for deportation to be considered for any immigrant who commits a crime.

The activists expressed anger at the Government’s failure to pass legislation designed to restrict trade with Israeli settlements in Palestine.

Ms Watkins, late of Sandymount and formerly of Howth and Saggart died in the “wonderful care” of the team at the Blackrock clinic.

The Green Party said its coalition partner had to be dragged ‘kicking and screaming’ on key environmental issues.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has refused to rule out a partnership with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in the future

The commemoration falls two days after he formally announced an election in Ireland

An Irishman has reportedly been arrested in relation to the murder of a 31-year-old American tourist in Budapest, Hungary

The VAT pledge comes just more than a month after the coalition Government chose not to introduce a similar measure in the Budget.

Here are the biggest stories leading Saturday’s front pages.

Josephine ‘Jo Jo’ Dullard went missing on November 9th, 1995 after spending an evening socialising on Dublin’s Harry Street

The Fianna Fáil leader raised his glass to the start of the general election campaign on Friday night.

Labour said housing will be ‘the single biggest issue’ in the election campaign.

The last date to register to vote in the general election is Tuesday, November 12th.

Robert Murphy (42) has pleaded not guilty to murder, but guilty to the manslaughter of Jamie Kavanagh (24) at a hostel in Dublin 8 in April 2023.

The prison search is understood to be part of a garda crackdown into the activities of two rival groups involved in an ongoing feud on the south side of Limerick City.

The incident occurred during an urban flight by unmanned drone delivery company in July 2022.

Cahir O'Higgins (49) has pleaded not guilty to one count of the theft of €400 in July 2016 and four counts of attempting to pervert the course of justice in December 2017

Mary Lou McDonald urged voters to support her party and ‘change the government’.

The 2014 proceedings concern an alleged fraudulent transfer of assets between the former spouses in a bid to beat Mr Dunne’s creditors. The allegations are strongly denied.