The Daily Fix: Monday

In tonight’s Fix: Plenty of developments in the race for the Áras, the world’s first spaceport, and the results of our caption competition…

EVERY EVENING, TheJournal.ie brings you a roundup of the day’s main news – as well as any bits and pieces you may have missed.

In the race for the Áras…

In what was touted as a “very important speech“, David Norris this morning hit out at the “betrayal” of mortgage holders in the recent Keane report, saying it protected the banks before the people. Norris also said he was the only “24-carat independent” in the race, suggesting that Seán Gallagher and Mary Davis had political connections.
There has been speculation that poll leaders Michael D Higgins and Seán Gallagher could ditch the other candidates to square off in a two-way debate, after Higgins appeared to suggest it earlier today. However, Gallagher has played down the idea.
We’ve been reading each of the candidates’ answers to one simple question: Why do you deserve to be president?
Dana has said there is a “huge margin of error“ in polls which show her at just two per cent of the vote. Meanwhile, Gay Mitchell has insisted he was not being “confrontational” in his notorious clash with presidential rival Martin McGuinness.
Mary Davis has said that if elected she would appoint a person with intellectual disabilities to the Council of State, adding that this would be a sign of inclusivity. Meanwhile, she also appears to have been working on her ventriloquism skills for a new campaign video.
And before we move on to the day’s other news: earlier today we asked you to submit captions to these, er, candid photos from the Inclusion Ireland presidential debate. Here are the winners:

The Daily Fix: Monday

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The Presidential Caption Competition
L-R: Bashful, Sleepy, Doc, Sneezy, Dopey and Grumpy (Angel Doolan Kelleher)
The Presidential Caption Competition
#1: Leading stars announced for the remake of Twins (Kerry Blake) #2: Polls show Sean Gallagher leading Michael D by a small head (David McAuley)
The Presidential Caption Competition
#1: "If i close my eyes and recite poetry I can pretend he’s not there." (Ken Curtin) #2: Michael D: "Brain freeze! Brain freeze! Why did I have that McFlurry?" (Mark Farrelly)

In the day’s other news…

Much of Ireland has been battered by gales and driving rain today, with a number of disruptions. Flights to and from Dublin Airport have resumed this evening after they were stopped earlier by 100kph winds on the runways.
Former Anglo chairman David Drumm’s $4million mansion in Cape Cod has been sold off to pay his creditors – including Anglo itself, which has been pursuing Drumm for around €8million.
The bailout and its associated budget measures are taking money from the poor and vulnerable to pay off the banks’ gambles – that’s according to Social Justice Ireland, who met with the IMF/EU/ECB ‘troika’ today.
Families have been packing their belongings and leaving the Priory Hall apartment complex in north Dublin, after being ordered to evacuate over fire safety concerns. They were today given an additional three days to vacate their homes by a High Court judge who said “We haven’t seen this situation in Ireland in recent centuries”, RTÉ reports.
The world’s first commercial spaceport has opened in New Mexico, run by Virgin Galactic – which hopes to operate its first flight into space within the next year.
The UK House of Commons has been debating the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 Liverpool fans were killed. Some 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for all documents relating to the disaster to be publicly released.
Were you looking for a ticket to the Ireland-Estonia game next month? If so, we hope you were one of the lucky ones when they sold out in just half an hour this morning.
It’s not just fool’s gold: legendary ‘Madchester’ band the Stone Roses really are set to reunite 15 years after their acrimonious split, according to reports. We’ve been putting on our baggiest trousers and looking back at five of their best tunes.
You probably know that would-be US Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is the former boss of Italian fast-food chain Godfather’s. But did you know that he once took the mic to sing “Imagine there’s no pizza” to the tune of John Lennon’s iconic hit? Now that’s what we call presidential. (Singing begins around 0.42).

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