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	Podcast:		Inside Politics
	Episode:		Election Daily: Harris and Martin’s debate double act favours McDonald
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:25:41
	Publish Date:		2024-11-19 16:50:53
	Description:		Harry McGee and Jennifer Bray join Hugh to talk about all today’s news on the election campaign trail: Standing side by side during last night’s leaders debate on RTÉ, Micheal Martin and Simon Harris countered Mary Lou McDonald’s criticisms, sometimes aggressively. The optics favoured the Sinn Féin leader. On the subject of government formation, Labour leader Ivana Bacik spoke of her intention to only negotiate with the big parties in conjunction with other parties on the left, including the Greens and Social Democrats. But will the other parties play ball? Sinn Féin has released its manifesto and, while most of the content had been trailed, there were some surprises. And Harry McGee reveals his major role in the history of this election’s most notorious candidate. Sign up for Politics push alerts and have the best news, analysis and comment delivered directly to your phone Find The Irish Times on WhatsApp and stay up to date Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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