23.20

Thanks for popping by Let’s do this again soon!

23.01

Any more thoughts on this evening’s debate? Did you cringe?!

23.00

Ugh. Another one done!

22.57

Finishing statements, the candidates still spinning to type. Unfortunately.

22.55

Head still in Dana’s annoucement, tbh

22.55

Oh c’mon. Gallagherbot should follow his cost-cutting ideals and just record an audiobook about self-confidence and send this to every secondary school in the country!

22.52

Oh dear. Cringey stuff from Norris. What? Will he even visit Leitrim? A thousand voices shout that question!

22.51

Very strange stuff from Dana. She assures us that an allegation is breaking about her family. Hacks wake up.

22.49

I need a drink

22.48

What?

22.48

Dana MAKES an announcement! Attention!

22.48

Never has a knife fight been so fierce, just to cut ribbons

22.46

It’s all going Pete Tong. Norris’ little dig on party political nature of job on Mitchell started it. YEY!

22.46

MMcG skirts around the fact that NI is a subsidized region of the UK, leaning very heavily on the rest of that country.

22.45

HBO, Disney, 14,000 jobs in NI. Let’s see if MMcG does a hat-trick.

22.44

Heh, MMcG volunteering to be the peacemaker. GUFFAW.

22.43

Gay Mitchell vs Counting Sheep. Mitchell wins. Boring. Wonder if he uses the word “congruent”.

22.42

22.40

Davis needs some media training. You know, the real stuff, where she avoids words like “vision”, “conveneing” blah blah blah shite.

22.39

MDH on Tibet/China politburo. I do like his wee prodding of Miriam

22.36

Waiting for Norris to break across MDH and shout some Hebrew!

22.36

Mitchell is the more liberal, that a liberal-liberal candidate!

22.35

Ah, the Dr. King trip question !

22.33

22.31

When you hear that Norris is self-financing and taking out loans to support his Lanegan’s dance of running, you really think if he’s making the right decision to run..

22.28

Now, I like the judgment q, Miriam….

22.26

22.24

Straight back to Dana and her citizenship dustup.

22.17

What did you think of the first part of the debate?

22.16

Damn you RTE Player

22.16

Davis trying to slip out of boards q is GREEEAAASY

22.13

Gah, that was an old pic of MMcG… off to grab a Magnum! This FF thing is going in circles!

22.12

Even Gallagher’s maneuvers about being/not being a FFer is mechanical

22.12

Noone else see the Gallagherbot thing?

22.11

22.07

Half pregnant comes to mind

22.06

Oh. debtiness and Gallagher pops up

22.04

Yes, I skirted past Angry Mitchell ™

22.04

Who doesn’t abhor killings, Ms Davis? Of course she won’t take a stand.

22.03

In order to rebalance the time differential, Storytime with Dana may need to happen

22.02

And Norris jumps in. MMcG must be happy. Norris salutes MMcG and mentions his agreement with Pearse Doherty in the Seanad. Miriam asks the other candidates if they would have a problem with MMcG being the president. MMcG jumps back in. Holy Moly.

22.00

MMcG is beginning to lose his head.

21.59

And Miriam keeps going. Fair. Play.

21.56

That HURT! <hmph>

21.56

Miriam has MMcG pinned down on religion and his membership of the IRA

21.53

I hope Miriam has a few wildcard questions to put these practised answers off-kilter.

21.52

Heh, go Dana, she’ll head off Labour from “secularising” the country.

21.51

Watch the candidates falling all over themselves!

21.50

Fabulous answer MDH, but the God question is great Entertaining too @miriamocal

21.49

This topic of presidential power ,while interesting for technocrats, is boring for the Common Man!

21.48

I sadly have a fiver that someone mentions how 2 planes of people lose their lives because of suicide

21.48

I hate, hate, hate the way that suicide is being used by candidates in this discourse.

21.46

I hope Mitchell doesn’t mention his superpower of bus building

21.45

Norris playing to his chorus !

21.45

Dana is Pretty in Pink, but I’m annoyed she doesn’t have a book ! Show and Tell FAIL

21.43

Seriously, if MDH doesn’t win. He should totally consider recording an article by article breakdown of the Irish Constitution.

21.42

In fairness, it’s easy for the later candidates to frame an answer around the Constitution. Hello MMcG!

21.41

Davis is almost regal in purple, it has to be said.

21.41

Davis, of course, is very familiar with the presidency. Sometimes, she comes off a little too familiar with the job.

21.40

Gallagher looks like an Autobot. Gallaheronaut, kneel before him!

21.39

Gallagher is skirting around the Constitution – in articles – love that Miriam is jumping in and asking for more detail.

21.36

Jump to video intro of the candidates on the campaign trail. Lovely shots of MDH and brushes, kisses all around, Norris letters, ambushed McGuinness and one of my fave shots – Dana and her PRoC tee!

21.35

Miriam is dazzling in red. Chris de Burgh would be proud!

21.30

Jean Byrne very Sapphire and Steel tonight. Lovely teaser for the main course!

21.20

The candidates must be sick of seeing each other today – the Royal College of Surgeon’s debate this morning, the Barnados debate this afternoon and now the Primetime debate tonight.

21.12

Pop a comment if you want  join in

21.07

We’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Primetime Presidential Debate from the comfort of @electionie’s leather couchiness. Popcorn may be mandatory by the second break.