ieExplains: What are election manifestos and why are there so many of them?

Here, we explain everything you need to know 

Green Party Leader Roderic O’Gorman. pictured at the party’s manifesto launch. Picture: Paul Sharp/SHARPPIX

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last week you’ll have seen plenty of posts on social media and in the papers about manifestos.

And while ‘manifesting’ has become quite a popular term among Gen Z, it doesn’t ring quite the same bells for those who are looking to gain your votes on November 29.