Election Debate Ireland 2020
The 2020 irish general election took place on saturday 8 february to elect the 33rd dáil éireann the lower house of ireland s parliament.
Election debate ireland 2020. The election was called following the dissolution of the 32nd dáil by the president at the request of the taoiseach leo varadkar on 14 january 2020 all but one of the 160 seats were contested with the ceann comhairle speaker being returned. Party leaders debate the election of change varadkar and martin focus on sinn féin s suitability to be a party of government tue feb 4 2020 22 53 updated. Ireland has gone to the polls following taoiseach leo varadkars decision to call a snap election. The leaders of the republic of ireland s three largest parties have clashed in the final tv debate of the general election campaign.
The leaders of sinn féin fianna fáil and fine gael clashed in the rté prime time leaders debate ahead of saturday s general election with robust exchanges on tax health housing and climate. General election 2020 leaders debate. Tue feb 4. In the last general election no party came close to a majority and it took 10 weeks of.
Fianna fail leader micheal martin during a seven way leaders general election debate at the virgin media studios in dublin ireland. General election 2020 tv debate recap as leo varadkar and micheal martin went head to head on virgin media ireland. Fianna fail leader micheal martin during the seven way rte leaders debate at the national university of ireland galway nuig campus in galway ireland. Voters go to the polls on saturday to decide who should lead.
General election ireland 2020. Sinn fein reacted to today s poll by asking rte for an invite to its leaders debate originally meant to feature just leo varadkar and micheal martin. If we cut ireland off from its main trading partner there will be consequences he said.