Party leaders gather for live Leaders' Debate in Limerick

Latest: The Renua leader Lucinda Creighton outlined her party’s ‘three strikes’ policy for life imprisonment after three convictions for offences like rape and burglary.

Update 11.50pm: The Renua leader Lucinda Creighton outlined her party’s ‘three strikes’ policy for life imprisonment after three convictions for offences like rape and burglary.

She argued that previous governments had been soft on crime and not used the powers they already had.