Catherine Connolly and Heather Humphreys both condemned the violence seen in Citywest on Tuesday night, as the final debate of the presidential campaign saw questions on bank repossessions, Donald Trump and fox hunting.

The final televised debate last night, hosted on RTÉ’s Prime Time, saw the two candidates face off ahead of polling day on Friday.

On the riots in Citywest, Ms Humphreys said the violence was “absolutely horrific”. She said:  Ireland needed immigrants to come in to work in hospitals and care services, but people who come here illegally should be processed and sent home in they do not have the right to be here.

Meanwhile, Ms Connolly said the scenes in Citywest were “very upsetting” and “deeply disturbing”.

She added there needed to be an analysis of what happened.

Political Correspondent Sean Defoe joined us on The Agenda this morning to tell us more about how the final debate last night went

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