THE people of Ireland will vote in a general election tomorrow where the final opinion polls earlier this week show the main parties running neck and neck.

The Red C-Business Post poll showed Sinn Fein, Fine Gael, the party led by the Taoiseach Simon Harris and Fianna Fail all at about the 20 per cent mark.

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald said that she sees a path to victory after the final opinion poll showed her party moving into second place behind Fianna Fail, Mr Harris’s coalition partner with Fine Gael dropping from first to third place.

Ms McDonald said this week: “It’s now very clear that there can be a government beyond Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, that for the first time we can have a government led by Sinn Fein.”

Mr Harris said he is taking a “project truth” approach to calling out Sinn Fein’s spending pledges.

To form a majority government, a party would need to win about 88 seats. But observers expect no party to secure more than 40 seats making another coalition appear inevitable.

Both Mr Harris and FF leader Michael Martin, who were partners in the last coalition government in Ireland, have made clear they will not consider SF as a potential partner in the next administration in Dublin.