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THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL debate is scheduled to take place on Monday night on Virgin Media.
As of noon today, the ballot paper was confirmed: it would be a three-horse race between Independent Catherine Connolly, Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys, and Fianna Fáil’s Jim Gavin.
The three confirmed candidates have been invited to appear on Virgin Media’s Tonight Show, hosted by Kieran Cuddihy at 10pm. Spokespersons for Connolly and Humphreys’s respective campaigns have confirmed they will be present for the debate.
RTÉ is set to hold a debate as part of Prime Time’s coverage of the campaign. It’s not expected any dates will be confirmed today, but we can expect an announcement within the next few days.
On Virgin Media, there will also be a “series of in-depth Big Interviews” over the month of October. The 30-minute one-to-one interviews will be conducted by Collette Fitzpatrick at 10pm.
Gavin is scheduled to appear on Monday, 6 October; Connolly on 13 October; and Humphreys on 20 October.
A special Tonight Show episode will follow each of the “Big Interviews” with panels analysing the candidate’s performance, and the Tonight Show will air as normal on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the campaign.
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