Final Fine Gael leadership debate to take place tonight

The fourth and final Fine Gael leadership debate will take place in Cork tonight.

It’s home advantage for housing minister Simon Coveney who is still trying to over-turn Leo Varadkar’s lead in the Parliamentary Party.

Both candidates took swipes at each other last night at their Ballinasloe husting – over who was to blame for the poor electoral performance in the 2014 local elections and last year’s general election.

And they argued over whether a leader in the capital was better than one from outside Dublin.