WITH JUST OVER a week to go to the presidential election, all six candidates squared off for the first time under the TV lights this evening.
Michael D Higgins and Sean Gallagher – both of whom sat out Monday’s RTÉ debate – joined Peter Casey, Gavin Duffy, Joan Freeman and Liadh Ní Riada in the Virgin Media One studios at Ballymount for a debate helmed by Pat Kenny.
With the incumbent so far ahead in the polls, one of the challengers needs to pull off a major shock in the next nine days to turn the campaign into something resembling a close-run contest.
Did any of them surprise you tonight? Who handled the pressure best?
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