Fine Gael and Labour have launched their respective General Election manifestos, while Sinn Féin has pledged to cut the price of petrol and diesel over the next five years as campaigning continues this weekend.

This year's General Election will be contested by the largest ever number of women, with 248 in the running for a seat, according to figures from the Women for Election group.

Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said the Office of Public Works is to be subsumed into a new Department of Infrastructure if his party is returned to Government.

A public childcare scheme and a full year of paid parental leave are among the key policies in the Labour Party manifesto.