It was a great occasion and it would make you proud to be Irish. Had not meant to watch it but saw the start and stayed to the end. A great speech. Jeez he looks fierce shook though.
I didn’t think he looked shook at all, he limped badly but that was the worst of it IMO.
He looks the 70 though. Good luck to him anyway.
I thought he gave an excellent speech, he will grow into the role of statesman and I have no doubt (even though I would have voted for McGuinness) he will be a President Irish people will be proud of, like his two predecessors.
Revisiting the infamous Frontline debate now on Vincent Browne. Best political ambush of all time (that I ever saw).
Dobbo gave the RTE CEO a fair grilling on the Six One news earlier. Was a bit weird to see someone effectively grilling their boss
Bumped for @HBV
Top man @Fagan_ODowd
Dirty David withdrew around post 60 or so of this thread and his lurid underage gay sex thingy was introduced at around post 30.
As a result only @artfoley and @Sidney had rushed into back the durty old hoor by then.
@myboyblue was angling to go with the direction the wind was blowing but was saved by the bell so to speak.
Very commendable contributions from @Rudi and @Julio_Geordio and @farmerinthecity , posters with their fingers on the pulse of common decency on this matter

He seems to get on well enough with the Palestinians.
The above was before the story broke.
#Sidknew
unreal

Initially…
Did you receive a cheque?
I don’t recall ever doing that.Later on…
I may have been handed an envelope, and if that contained a cheque then I wasn’t to know. I gave it straight to Fianna Fail.
I see RTE have agreed “substantial” compensation with Sean Gallagher over Pat Kenny & the bogus tweet during the Presidential election debate.
I presume it’ll be paid as cash in a bag?
Still mad to think that he came so close to being president.
Struggling to remember back that far.
What size lead did Gallagher have?
Why was he so popular? I imagine wasn’t a career politician etc public profile from tv.
Will Dana go again?

What size lead did Gallagher have?
A quick google says 15% four days before the election.
Thank goodness for Martin McGuinness’s hit job.
I predict that both Iain and Duncan Smith will be confounded and that there will be no presidential election in 2018.

A quick google says 15% four days before the election.
It was down to within the margin of error before the debate because I put a decent wedge on Higgins at the time @ 2/1. The brown envelope was one of the most fortuitous moments in my betting life.

Why was he so popular?
Fianna Fail were backing him
Unofficially if I recall.