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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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Beautiful story to wake up to of a smashing Sunday morning. Thank you Journal.
For anyone reading this story who who has or knows an amputee with a passion for football please get in touch with the irish amputee football federation via our website or find us on Facebook…. We have have a development day coming up Sat 1st July in the phoenix park just behind the zoo oon the GAA pitch … fun packed afternoon from 1pm – 4 pm so please come along …
@Simon Baker: Fair play Simon,great credit goes to you and the other volunteers who give their time up for such an awesome cause
Such brave children good luck to you all
Best of Luck yo all taking part.
I welled up reading that. There’s nothing better than swing kids happy :)
@Mo Nishi: #seeing :)
Good luck to them. Real heroes
COYBIG best of luck lads. Great story.
Role models. Well done
Well done lads and all involved take me back to the 60s there was a guy played with Dundalk called Jimmy Hasty had only one arm fantastic to watch brilliant!!
Roles modes. Well done
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