18/11/2024 Dublin, Ireland. RTÉ’s Upfront with Katie Hannon tonight hosts Ireland’s largest-ever live Party Leaders’ debate, featuring ten party leaders. Photo shows: party leaders on-stage with Katie Hannon before the debate. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov / © RollingNews.ie
That was the leadership that was – two hours of tedium on a wet November night. Many will have gone to bed long before its scheduled 11.30pm finish, so here is our summation of how they all individually did – with a mark out of ten for each at the end.
Best moment: None. Said she was the granddaughter of a refugee. Emphasised the plight of children in homelessness. Earnestly called for an active State that would take an interventionist stance in relation to housing provision.
