Election to be called Fri - predict outcome

3 line whip,one for each seat😁

They tried to have a factually true news story pulled

No, that isnt true. But work away with your spinning.

she was shocking. No other word to describe her performance’.

People Before Profit want to stop all deportations it said tonight there on the News.

Have stories been pulled,

What storie(s) have been pulled.

Name some.

3 very strong leaders dealing very well with tough questions being thrown at them and answering with great passion

If I had to be a neutral and pick a winner I'd (sadly) have to say it was Micheal Martin on this occasion but he's too much of a yes man. I'd rather see one of the other 2 meet Trump for Paddy's Day to really stir the pot of turds

How do you know? Because Simon says?

It is up to you to prove what happened, not spread fake news and misinformation or any old shite waiting for facts to emerge

Watched last night, what a terrible waste of time, that would persuade nobody whose mind isnt already made up. My main take aways from last night and I'm not affiliated to any party so am very much undecided.

Simon Harris - seems out of his depth, could see he was on the defensive from the get go. Maybe the campaign has taken it out of him and after all the issues he's wondering if he really wants this.

Mary Lou McDonald - Just didnt seem to be on the ball, was evasive with answers, seemed to just want to blame FF and FG for the last 20 years of government. I personally still cant my head around how they can cut taxes and yet spend as much as they are saying. She wouldnt answer the question on what was the items they would drop if there was a global economic shock. SF do seem to want to spend spend spend.

Michael Martin - Seemed to know his details, very much the seasoned professional of the 3.

They were all very evasive on Health I thought. MLMcD said the mid west needed a new hospital but then in the next breath was asking FG who was going to work in their one when they said the same.

This election has been disappointing, dont know what was expected. Same candidates each time, nothing is changing.

In my local area, I have had 2 canvassers to my door, one actually was the candidate, to be fair he stopped and talked for 20 minutes, other was the candidates mother. Thats it and they were from the smaller parties. SF, there isnt even a poster for the candidate within a 5km radius of my house, and I would say there are easily 3-4k houses in the area, I live in in estate with over 500 homes. It seems like they will canvas in their own demographic strongholds and make sure they get those votes, everyone else doesnt matter as long as they get in. Irish politics is still too local and parochial, I thought thats what our local councillors were for, the small stuff, national politics should be more to do with the bigger picture.

Still undecided, probably will be till Friday

Michael Martin - Seemed to know his details, very much the seasoned professional of the 3.

Definitely - But I feel what we saw last night comes purely from being party leader longer than the other 2. Much like Peadar Toibín MM is a very strong and passionate public speaker and FF members rightly consider him a good leader but what he stands for is the issue for me

They were all very evasive on Health I thought. MLMcD said the mid west needed a new hospital but then in the next breath was asking FG who was going to work in their one when they said the same.

She missed an open-goal opportunity to say SF would re-open the existing mothballed A&Es at St.Johns, Ennis and Nenagh

On your point about posters and canvassers, generally speaking, they don't put posters in housing estates and canvasing has definitely been down this year. According to my video doorbell they are all calling and dropping leaflets in during the afternoons when most of the population is at work

No sane person would want to be part of that circus. It's so rediculous. It's always a painful watch. I rarely get through it all. It needs to be paired with a drinking game.

I thought Mary spent more time saying "excuse me, sorry, wait a minute" then actually saying anything. Which was dissapointing as the other two are feather weights.

The only time a political debate entertained was when we got that gift of "Ted Cruz's wife's a dog".

Don't worry, I will never vote for SF.

Mary Lou made a better stab at the cut question this morning. She admitted they would borrow if needed to build housing.

Martin didn't answer many direct questions either. He responds by repeating for ages that there is a problem and then waffles. Holly Cairns asked Martin in the last day of the Dail about the 50k affordable houses promise FF had in 2020 and whether the actual figure built was 1000. He refused to answer over and over and over again. He is a charlatan. The actual figure is 1000 and he knows it. But he will never say it.

I agree that RTE were soft on the coalition of chaos. Remember we had 4 FF Ministers for Agriculture within the first 6 months. All forgotten now.

The questions towards Mary were very negative. They were all traps rather than open questions.

The questions towards Mary were very negative. They were all traps rather than open questions.

That was extremely noticeable. 'Before you outline what you are offering whatabout….'