KATIE TAYLOR would be impressed with how the gloves have come off on the campaign today - as three fiscal heavyweights came out fighting.

Michael Noonan, Michael McGrath and Pearse Doherty have all been swinging crafty jabs about each others' fiscal figures - but have any of them landed a punch, or simply weakened a defence?

Plus, in the midst of all this election hoopla, we can't remember which one is Louis Tomlinson and which one is Liam Payne. Thankfully, one party's daughter is probably on hand to brief us.

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