Who Won Debate Ireland

For one dramatic moment the taoiseach is like a rabbit in headlights tv review.

Who won debate ireland. Boris johnson and jeremy corbyn played it safe but the audience were not convinced. The 2020 irish general election took place on saturday 8 february to elect the 33rd dáil éireann the lower house of ireland s parliament. The two candidates vying for the position of taoiseach fine gael leader leo varadkar and fianna fail leader micheal martin were joined on the programme by surprise poll topper mary lou mcdonald the sinn fein leader. Sinn fein reacted to today s poll by asking rte for an invite to its leaders debate originally.

General election 2020 tv debate recap as leo varadkar and micheal martin went head to head on virgin media ireland. You can obtain a copy of the code or. Voters go to the polls on saturday to decide who should lead. There are no knockouts or even punches in this gentle game of political gotcha.

Sinn fein s mary lou mcdonald was absent from the first live televised tv debate. Shock poll suggests fianna fail has 12 point lead over fine gael. Fine gael leader taoiseach leo varadkar during the seven way rte leaders debate at the national university of ireland galway nuig campus in galway ireland. 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.

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. General election leaders debate. Thejournal ie supports the work of the press council of ireland and the office of the press ombudsman and our staff operate within the code of practice. This article is more than 10 months old.