A major plus about this debate - which featured very little actual debate - was the amount of time spent on economic issues. Although, when the real questions were posed, like exactly how much do your party think we can default on, they all done their usual side-stepping manoeuvres, and avoided making any real commitments... read more & comment>

Whilst tv debates and other media appearances from the party leaders offer many ways of analysing their policy's, the 'Digital Debate' offers something slightly different. Consisting of the 5 major party leaders answering 10 specific questions by means of a short video reply, this enabled more direct answers than we are used to getting... read more & comment>

The only thing that really bothered me about the composition of this debate, was the exclusion of Sinn Féin - the only party which wants to restore Irish as a proper primary language. Do TG4 not support this stance? And do they not recognise that Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin occupy similar approval ratings in all of the recent polls?... read more & comment>

If you want to watch Monday night's 5-way leaders debate again, hosted by Pat Kenny on his Frontline show, it is now available in full. I would have liked to point you guys to some interesting articles which look at the truth behind the respective leaders spin during the debate, but Irish commentators have not penned such articles... read more & comment>

If you missed last nights Re:Public2011 gig at the Button Factory, you can view the entire show on USTREAM, which streamed the show live. The debate gave many often sidelined voices the chance to express their ideas and opinions, with a pre-booked wealth of politicians onstage, apart from one noticeable absentee, Lucinda Creighton (FG)... read more & comment>

Examines whether there were other options available to the government when the bailout was provided to the banking sector, at our expense. This show also looks at the choices which we are faced with right now, and if the measures which have been taken internationally are already having undesirable effects on this island... read more & comment>

We've had a lot of debate over the past month or so on our tv screens, and sometimes it is hard to work out exactly what to watch, causing some people I know to begin to switch off from the election debate itself, so I have come up with a shortlist of some of the most informed, interesting and important debates that have taken place... read more & comment>

Last nights debate will be remembered for both Enda Kenny's no-show, and Micheál Martin's sterling performance. But when the dust settles, and the media start looking through all of Martin's quotes, whilst comparing them to his 14 year history as a minister, some of his words will seem quite hollow... read more & comment>

Ivan Yeates and Chris Donoghue are doing a series of interviews, for their excellent Breakfast show on Newstalk.ie, with the main political party leaders, ahead of the general election. In these interviews they put general questions to all of them regarding their respective parties proposed programs for government... read more & comment>