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Leader's Questions is an Irish TV programme broadcast on RTÉ One and RTÉ News channel. It is produced by RTÉ News and Current Affairs, edited by Joe Mag Raollaigh and is presented by Sharon Ní Bheoláin. Political correspondents Micheál Lehane and Paul Cunningham also present from time to time.
The exact format for a leaders' debate varies, but normally the debate will begin with each leader making a short opening statement. Then a panel of well-known journalists will ask sets of prepared questions, which are to be answered either by all of the leaders or by one specific leader. After the leader(s) answer each question, the other ...
The 32nd government of Ireland (27 June 2020 to 17 December 2022) was led by Micheál Martin, leader of Fianna Fáil, as Taoiseach, and Leo Varadkar, leader of Fine Gael, as Tánaiste. It lasted 2 years, 175 days. The 33rd government of Ireland (17 December 2022 to 9 April 2024) was led by Varadkar as Taoiseach and Martin as Tánaiste. It ...
The United Kingdom general election debates of 2010 consisted of a series of three leaders' debates between the leaders of the three main parties contesting the 2010 general election: Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party; David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition and Conservative Party; and Nick Clegg, leader of the third largest political party in the UK, the Liberal ...
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Dáil Éireann (/ d ɑː l ˈ ɛər ən / ⓘ dahl AIR-ən, [4] Irish: [ˌd̪ˠaːlʲ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]; lit. ' Assembly of Ireland ') is the lower house and principal chamber of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann. [5]
[9] [20] On 29 May 2018, Doherty was appointed Deputy Leader of Sinn Féin. [21] He topped the poll at the 2020 general election with 21,044 first-preference votes (27.17%), [22] and was appointed leader of Sinn Féin's negotiations team. [23] On 16 June 2022, Doherty clashed with Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in the Dáil. Doherty attacked Varadkar ...
McDonald stretched the Sinn Fein constituency to the full, attracting votes and transfers from leafy suburbs as well as ghettoes." [64] McDonald has been credited for her leadership ability and popular appeal. Kathy Sheridan of The Irish Times wrote of McDonald: "It is a cliche to say that Mary Lou McDonald is an enigma but it's nonetheless ...