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#Áras11 Quickfire Video Quiz: Gay Mitchell

TheJournal.ie put a series of quickfire questions to the Presidential candidates. Here is how they did – on camera.

WITH LESS THAN a week to polling day, TheJournal.ie brings you a series of quickfire quizzes with the Presidential candidates.

We questioned them on some trivia, some pop culture – and on an issue that has dominated each of their campaigns. Dana Rosemary Scallon has so far declined an interview.

Watch and see how the other six did.

Here’s Gay Mitchell:

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    Mute Hollywood SteveHogan
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    Oct 21st 2011, 5:21 PM

    Loved the panicked look Gay gave when he answered “32p… no, 32 CENT!!!”

    Priceless!

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    Mute Pamela O'Brien
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    Oct 21st 2011, 5:42 PM

    Boring.

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    Mute Mark Ó Maoldomhnaigh
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    Oct 21st 2011, 9:42 PM

    How can he say Martin McGuinness doesn’t live on the average wage when McGuinness published his bank account showing he only gets around £300 a week.

    Mitchell you are an utter liar.

    Also a bit rich considering you get €298 a day travel and food allowance from the EU parliament!!!

    Not to mention the fact that you employ your wife on a cushy number in your office.

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    Mute Barbara Blake
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    Oct 21st 2011, 6:37 PM

    32 pence! He must have posted a mass card to himself when his father died (we all have heard about that haven’t we?) The tax payer have been paying his postage ever since.

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    Oct 21st 2011, 7:36 PM

    What a clown, not worth the stroke of a pen!!!!

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    Mute steve white
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    Oct 21st 2011, 5:27 PM

    his pr peson helping out

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    Mute NSalmon
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    Oct 22nd 2011, 1:57 AM

    So much for his work on human rights as he so often tells us..not a clue of the 3 ladies. Also, so much for his ‘humble beginnings’, not a clue of the price of a stamp!

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    Mute Gis Bayertz
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    Oct 21st 2011, 6:25 PM

    WTF??!!!

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    Mute Crossauldwan
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    Oct 22nd 2011, 3:30 PM

    I see the journal.ie didn’t lose the opportunity to allow Gay Mitchell spew more lies about Martin McGuinness. My faith in this website has been damaged by this campaign. How come Mitchell was not asked about his right-wing Christian views, instead of being asked about Martin McGuinness and to lie unchallenged?

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    Oct 22nd 2011, 12:37 PM

    I think Gay comes across as a very pleasant, genuine sort of man. As for the price of a stamp- a lot of people wouldn’t have a clue as so much business today is conducted through email.

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