TV3 Bye Election Debate

We all like Vincent Browne… don’t we? Well  I’ve a soft spot for Vincent anyway!  I was on his radio show four times and never fared out too badly!  #Vinb is a hashtag I regularly use and the search results associated with it can be great craic. https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23vinb&src=typd

Last night was good, it was the Roscommon South Leitrim debate on TV3. I rushed home from the Roscommon GAA County Board meeting to watch this debate!

So what happened?

Well Tom Crosby told us he had experience and Emmet Corcoran told us that was part of the problem. Experienced bankers, regulators and politicians!! Vinnie joined in and said Bertie had experience, Cowan had and Mary Harney he claimed had experiences too! Vincent liked Corcoran!

Maura was on script and was trying to stick to it. Vinnie is not into prepared answers and likes an answer to his question! Connaughton had most to lose and he knew it. He played a blinder and stayed out of trouble! He was never going to win so he needed to play safe!

John Mc Dermott said his bit and was grand, John Kelly was strong and Browne seemed to have a bit of respect for him! Des Guckian spoke about “fracking” and also the need for a special EU Region to improve matters! We have one of those we call it the BMW. While talking about BMWs I suppose the line of the night came from Gerry O Boyle who told us he was “reared on  spuds and politics” I kid you not!  

Martin Kenny was safe as well, to be honest I don’t remember what he said. Fitz was strong, said his bit and like Ivan he escaped unscathed!

Corcoran won the night, won the debate and entertained us all. The only problem is the debate makes no difference nobody really cares and it’s still between Ivan Connaughton and Michael Fitzmaurice with Maura and Martin still in the game and Mc Dermott too is far from dead!