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THE FINAL LEADERS’ debate of the general election campaign takes place tonight on RTÉ.
The leaders of the three largest political parties will face questions from Miriam O’Callaghan and Sarah McInerney on a special edition of Prime Time.
The last leaders’ debate, featuring ten leaders, was a somewhat frustrating affair but Fine Gael’s Simon Harris, Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin and Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald will have more time to deliver standout moments tonight.
Coverage will begin on RTÉ One, the RTE News Channel and the RTÉ Player tonight from 9.35pm and is due to finish at 11.10pm.
The Journal will be following every twist and turn of the final leaders’ debate.
Reporter Lauren Boland is liveblogging throughout the evening. Political journalists will gather at RTÉ’s studios in the hours before the debate, including our politics editor Christine Finn, who will be reporting live from the Prime Time set. Our FactCheck editor Stephen McDermott will be on hand to factcheck the standout claims made by the party leaders.
The leaders taking part in the debate tonight are Fine Gael’s Simon Harris, Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin, and Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald.
The three of them were in the RTÉ studios for a debate last week too but the stage was a fair bit busier that time, with ten party leaders participating – here’s a reminder of how that went down.
Good evening! Lauren Boland here. I’ll be liveblogging the final leaders’ debate of this election campaign. Whether you’re planning to watch it live on the television, just looking to get updates on the highlights, or catching up after the debate, we’ll have everything you need to know here on The Journal.
It’s just under two hours until the debate kicks off on RTÉ One during Primetime. Our politics editor Christina Finn is stationed in Donnybrook waiting for the three party leaders to arrive.
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