Government parties squabble while their policies are failing, says Labour by-election hopeful Ivana Bacik 

The leaders of Government are squabbling for party advantage while its policies are failing, Senator Ivana Bacik has said as she prepares to take on Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in the Dublin Bay South by-election.

ccepting the Labour Party nod to contest the Dublin Bay South by-election tonight, she homed in on housing, saying: “This Government is failing. It has no common purpose. And never is this more evident than in relation to housing.”

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