RTE Euro Election Debates

Atlantic Dawn

Tonight Ireland South
Tomorrow Dublin
Tuesday Ireland Midlands North West

mgn

When is RTE going to get rid of Miriam o'Callaghan,She is absolutely useless.

Heroditas

mgn wrote: »

When is RTE going to get rid of Miriam o'Callaghan,She is absolutely useless.

Be careful what you wish for. Less of her means more Claire Byrne

Atlantic Dawn

mgn wrote: »

When is RTE going to get rid of Miriam o'Callaghan,She is absolutely useless.

She seemed to get her facts wrong on Mick Wallace, wouldn't be surprised if he complains about it afterwards.

Bowlardo

Heroditas wrote: »

Be careful what you wish for. Less of her means more Claire Byrne

Claire Byrne is a totally babe.
This is painful
Adrienne Wallace reminds of rough ones that are shouting at their boyfriends in akrakebabra munching on a kebab

mgn

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

She seemed to get her facts wrong on Mick Wallace, wouldn't be surprised if he complains about it afterwards.

I wouldn't blame him,she tried to do a hatchet job on him but it backfired on her.

Atlantic Dawn

Is Mick the only male TD with an ear ring?

mgn

Heroditas wrote: »

Be careful what you wish for. Less of her means more Claire Byrne

I would prefer Claire Byrne.RTE miss the likes of Pat Kenny on these debates.

ScallionAyter

Adrienne Wallace's plastic earrings are not very environmentally friendly.

mgn

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Is Mick the only male TD with an ear ring?

Looks more like a fishing hook.

Atlantic Dawn

I saw a mobile advertising truck driving around today campaigning for a Dublin Euro Candidate, a special kind of stupid.

Bowlardo

mgn wrote: »

I would prefer Claire Byrne.RTE miss the likes of Pat Kenny on these debates.

Kenny was very good at this. Miriam is very annoying and interrupts people constantly

Wheeliebin30

Climate change.

Sick of listening to this bandwagon.

Atlantic Dawn

Did he record that in a photo booth in his local Tesco?

krustydoyle

Jaysus Allan can't read off his boards

Atlantic Dawn

Inshurdance and mortgage rates we are being proper rode on, EU doing little or nothing about it.

Atlantic Dawn

I do like it that loopers are still presenting themselves for election.

Wheeliebin30

Where do they get these numpties from?

Everything she said about the EU army is wrong.

Fake news.

Atlantic Dawn

How in the jayus could someone be 'wrongly' identified as independent when they are actually Fine Gael?

Atlantic Dawn

If they pay the same tax across Europe they will all feck off out of here.

Jaster Rogue

Not a popular opinion there Diarmuid.. Nobody wants corporation tax changes. It's a gravy train for the State and it's citizens.

UpTheSlashers

I missed the intro, does anyone know how it was decided which candidates are in studio and which just get a recording aired.

Bowlardo

UpTheSlashers wrote: »

I missed the intro, does anyone know how it was decided which candidates are in studio and which just get a recording aired.

They said the drew lots I think

Wheeliebin30

All useless.

Haven’t a breeze.

Atlantic Dawn

UpTheSlashers wrote: »

I missed the intro, does anyone know how it was decided which candidates are in studio and which just get a recording aired.

The criteria for entry into tonight's Ireland South debate on Prime Time were:

If you've won a seat or got at least 5% of the vote in your constituency in the most recent euro/local/general or presidential election.
OR

If your party got 5% of the national vote in any of those elections or won 1 Euro seat, 3 Dail seats or 5 council seats BUT A party can't have more than one candidate in any debate.


Nine of the 23 candidates met the above criteria. The other 14 were all offered a one minute video appearance tonight. 11 accepted, one refused, one was uncontactable and one video was deemed not to be in compliance with RTE/BAI editorial standards.

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2019/0519/1050453-ireland-south/

Wheeliebin30

World peace!!!!!

VeeEmmy

I missed the intro as well and haven't a clue what are the names of most of them. I guess budget for the program didn't allow for their names to be on their podiums...

Jaster Rogue

It's like they all know a little about a lot of different things.

Dr. Bre

This lot are brutal

Atlantic Dawn

Pesco, sounds like a good name for a shop.

mgn

Its unusual to have these debates on a Sunday night is it not.

Jaster Rogue

Ooo an Irish Trump.

Jaster Rogue

Tea and crumpets for Walter

Atlantic Dawn

Some of these people must not have read the job description.

Wheeliebin30

The absolute state of all these.

Atlantic Dawn

mgn wrote: »

Its unusual to have these debates on a Sunday night is it not.

Yes 3 nights in a row of them, I think Wednesday the media blackout begins so they needed to fit it in.

Wheeliebin30

Why are these all talking about the children’s hospital???

What has that to do with the European elections?

TheRiverman

Offaly is in the Midlands,will always be in the Midlands and should be in the Midlands North West Constituancy.I will not be voting for any of those candidates.

mgn

Some of them look like the are going to face a firing squad.

FrancieBrady

Mick Wallace gets a surge in his vote after that. FF/FG sounding more like one other than ever...even starting to look alike.

Spanish Eyes

mgn wrote: »

Its unusual to have these debates on a Sunday night is it not.

Was just thinking the same thing.

But anyway the EP elections mean diddly squat, but those elected are on a gravy train.

Never hear from them again, but they pocket a great salary and expenses.

I had to look up who my MEPs are currently. I cannot be alone in that surely.

Wheeliebin30

FrancieBrady wrote: »

Mick Wallace gets a surge in his vote after that. FF/FG sounding more like one other than ever...even starting to look alike.

The tax evader giving about about tax evasion.

Couldn’t make it up.

Only Ireland.

VeeEmmy

Is Miriam running for MEP?? SHE seems to be doing most of the debating instead of just putting the topics to the candidates.

Spanish Eyes

All cobblers. No one really cares or knows who their MEPs are.

The candidates rely on domestic voting patterns, with some exceptions.

FrancieBrady

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

No one really cares or knows who their MEPs are.

Wrong. Just because you don't inform yourself don't assume everyone is like you. Google is your friend.

FrancieBrady

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

The tax evader giving about about tax evasion.

Couldn’t make it up.

Only Ireland.

He won't lose support because of that and will only gain, after what looked like a fairly blunt personal attack from RTE, that no other candidate got.

Wheeliebin30

FrancieBrady wrote: »

He won't lose support because of that and will only gain, after what looked like a fairly blunt personal attack from RTE, that no other candidate got.

I’m just saying.

He has a neck like a jockeys bolox.

Same people who vote for him will be given out about the MNCs.

Sigh.

Spanish Eyes

Be great if Miriam of the long vowels is castigated. Some chance.

FrancieBrady

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

I’m just saying.

He has a neck like a jockeys bolox.

Same people who vote for him will be given out about the MNCs.

Sigh.

I am not bothered by what you think of him, I am just saying of them all tonight he will pick up more support and it will be because of a hamfisted 'get 'im' attempt by RTE.

NIMAN

FrancieBrady wrote: »

He won't lose support because of that and will only gain, after what looked like a fairly blunt personal attack from RTE, that no other candidate got.

Says a lot about Irish voters.

Spanish Eyes

Wallace deserved his comeuppance.